Birding Factoids

309 species
in 40 families

20 of the 246
species endemic to
North America are
represented here.
No endemic species.

Northwest
Territories
Hotspots

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Northwest Territories Specialities
(Pause your cursor on the photo to see the species name. Click on the birds for more info... )

Photo by Don Baccus

Eskimo Curlew - PROBABLY EXTINCT - Photo copyright Don Bleitz, 1962

Photo copyright Don Blietz, 1962

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....Whooping Crane Nesting Area and Summer Range - Fort Smith,

Northwest Territories.

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....Birding the Deh Cho - by Margo Hearne. The Deh Cho Connection is

a circle route. It begins at Dawson Creek, BC, runs north through Fort Liard, east across the Northwest Territories and south into Alberta. It is part of the wonderfully wild northern nature of Canada.

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....Two Dutch Birders in Canada - by Ruud and Kitty Kampf. During

our summer holidays in 1988, we used a Canadian Airlines air-pass to visit a variety of sites in western and northern Canada. It was an interesting trip, in a spectacular country, with wonderful weather, and plenty of mosquitos.Ruud and Kitty Kampf are Dutch birders, with a strong interest in the birds of Canada, particularly in out-of-the-way places. See also their pictures of Ellesmere Island.

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....Trip Report: Banks Island - 22 - 26 June 1995 by John MacArthur.

A friend and I took a trip to Banks Island, in the archipelago of islands in the extreme north of Canada (72N,125W). You get there by driving (in our case) or flying to Inuvik, near the mouth of the Mackenzie River, then fly (scheduled flight) to Sacks Harbour on Banks Island.

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Grey-Cheeked Thrush - Courtesy of SW Louisiana Birding Page

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North American Specialities in

the Northwest Territories

Information derived from Sibley & Monroe checklists in Thayer's Birder's Diary - Version 2.02.
These counts will differ in minor ways from counts based on the ABA classification,
but an international checklist system was required to enable world-wide
country to country comparisons.These speciality birds may be uncommon, or extremely rare
at this location, or may only be present in migration. However, documented sightings of
each species noted below have been made in the Northwest Territories. Consult the
Breeding Bird Survey or Christmas Bird Count data on the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center website
to determine the "best" place to see each bird.

North American Endemic Specialities in NWT - No Canadian Endemics
___ Black-headed Grosbeak ___ Blue Grouse ___ California Gull ___ Clark's Nutcracker ___ Grey-crowned Rosy-Finch ___ Harris's Sparrow ___ Le Conte's Sparrow	___ Mew Gull ___ Mountain Bluebird ___ Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow ___ Pileated Woodpecker ___ Ruffed Grouse ___ Say's Phoebe ___ Sharp-tailed Grouse	___ Smith's Longspur ___ Spruce Grouse ___ Townsend's Solitaire ___ Trumpeter Swan ___ Whooping Crane ___ White-tailed Ptarmigan

Links checked December 12, 2000