Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen
Spitsbergen
Localities
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List of the videos, photographs and sound recordings taken in Spitsbergen
Materials recorded in Spitsbergen
List of all the materials recorded in Spitsbergen, sorted by rating.9 Videos
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 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
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
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)
At the colony.
LocalityAlkefjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp lomvia) Christophe Gouraud 02 July 2008 20 sec 3
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
152 Photographs
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 4.6
Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Adult breeding
LocalityLongyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen Paul Cools 05 July 2011 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
Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Flying over the boat
LocalitySpitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen fleviez 29 June 2005 4.5
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Adult, subspecies schinzii
LocalityLongyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp schinzii) Paul Cools 09 July 2011 4.5
Dovekie (Alle alle)
Dovekie in Breeding plumage
LocalitySpitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen Paul Cools 11 July 2011 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
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List of the species with videos, photos and sounds taken in Spitsbergen
Species with materials recorded in Spitsbergen
List of species with materials recorded in Spitsbergen. Species that occur in Spitsbergen but that do not have materials recorded there will not be included in the list.- Divers (Gaviidae)
- Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
- 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)
- Snipes, Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
- Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- 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)