Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen
Svalbard Islands
Localities
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List of the videos, photographs and sound recordings taken in Svalbard Islands
Materials recorded in Svalbard Islands
List of all the materials recorded in Svalbard Islands, sorted by rating.16 Videos
Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
A breeder foraging.
LocalityLagoya, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp palaearctica) Christophe Gouraud 11 July 2010 19 sec 4
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
A pair first preening on a small pond and then displaying.
LocalityLongyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp borealis) Christophe Gouraud 20 June 2008 33 sec 3.7
Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
A breeder preening itself.
LocalityLagoya, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp palaearctica) Christophe Gouraud 11 July 2010 33 sec 3.6
Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia)
Flock of birds swimming, preening and resting on the water or the ice, close to the colony.
LocalityAlkefjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp lomvia) Christophe Gouraud 02 July 2008 23 sec 3.5
Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
A breeder foraging.
LocalityLagoya, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp palaearctica) Christophe Gouraud 11 July 2010 26 sec 3.5
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
A group swimming.
LocalitySpitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp mandtii) Christophe Gouraud 27 August 2007 18 sec 3.3
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
A bird in breeding plumage resting on the ground.
LocalityLongyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (Monotypic species) Christophe Gouraud 10 August 2007 32 sec 3.3
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
An adult in summer plumage walking on the ground
LocalityOuter Norse Island, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (Monotypic species) Steven Edwards 11 August 2003 24 sec 3.3
Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria)
Adult female foraging.
LocalityAndoyane Islands, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (Monotypic species) Christophe Gouraud 10 July 2010 23 sec 3.2
Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia)
A breeding colony on the cliffs
LocalityHinlopen Strait, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen Steven Edwards 12 August 2003 31 sec 3
Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia)
At the colony.
LocalityAlkefjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp lomvia) Christophe Gouraud 02 July 2008 20 sec 3
Dovekie (Alle alle)
Two birds in summer plumage drifting on a small ice fragment near the edge of the pack ice.
LocalitySeven Islands (Sjuoyane), Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen Steven Edwards 31 July 2003 22 sec 2.9
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Males and females displaying.
LocalityLongyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp borealis) Christophe Gouraud 20 June 2008 25 sec 2.8
Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea)
Two birds resting on the melting ice.
LocalityLongyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (Monotypic species) Christophe Gouraud 20 June 2008 28 sec 2.5
148 Photographs
Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
A breeding bird standing on the ground.
LocalityLagoya, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp palaearctica) Christophe Gouraud 11 July 2010 4.5
Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia)
Close-up of an adult swimming nearby the colony.
LocalityAlkefjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp lomvia) Christophe Gouraud 04 July 2008 4.5
Dovekie (Alle alle)
A breeding bird streching its wings.
LocalityFuglesangen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp alle) Christophe Gouraud 05 August 2010 4.5
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Adult standing on ice floe.
LocalityRaudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp hyperboreus) Christophe Gouraud 05 July 2010 4.4
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Adult stealing an egg of Common Eider (Somateria mollissima mollissima).
LocalityLongyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp hyperboreus) Christophe Gouraud 08 July 2010 4.4
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Adult flying with an egg of Common Eider (Somateria mollissima mollissima) in its bill.
LocalityLongyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp hyperboreus) Christophe Gouraud 08 July 2010 4.3
Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia)
An adult swimming nearby the colony.
LocalityAlkefjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp lomvia) Christophe Gouraud 04 July 2008 4.2
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Breeding male swimming.
LocalityAndoyane Islands, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp borealis) Christophe Gouraud 01 July 2010 4.2
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Adult attacking an injured Brünnich's Guillemot.
LocalityAlkefjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp hyperboreus) Christophe Gouraud 21 July 2011 4.2
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Adult female incubating.
LocalityLongyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp borealis) Christophe Gouraud 08 July 2010 4.1
Dovekie (Alle alle)
A breeding bird in the colony.
LocalityFuglesangen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp alle) Christophe Gouraud 05 August 2010 4.1
Dovekie (Alle alle)
Breeding adult
LocalitySpitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen fleviez 30 June 2005 4.1
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Adult stretching its wings.
LocalityTinayrebukta, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (Monotypic species) Christophe Gouraud 09 July 2010 4
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
A breeding pair walking.
LocalityLongyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp borealis) Christophe Gouraud 20 July 2008 4
List of the species with videos, photos and sounds taken in Svalbard Islands
Species with materials recorded in Svalbard Islands
List of species with materials recorded in Svalbard Islands. Species that occur in Svalbard Islands but that do not have materials recorded there will not be included in the list.- Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
- Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
- Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
- Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
- Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
- King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
- Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
- Grouse (Tetraonidae)
- Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus)
- Plovers (Charadriidae)
- Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
- Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria)
- Skuas (Stercorariidae)
- Great Skua (Catharacta skua)
- Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
- Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
- Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)
- Gulls (Laridae)
- Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
- Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea)
- Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
- Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
- Terns (Sternidae)
- Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
- Auks (Alcidae)
- Dovekie (Alle alle)
- Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia)
- Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
- Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
- Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
- Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)