Canada Ramsar wetland
Nanuit Itillinga National Wildlife Area
34 bird species recorded; the most from June to July.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
0 species in January.1 species in February.1 species in March.1 species in April.4 species in May.30 species in June.31 species in July.25 species in August.11 species in September.2 species in October.0 species in November.0 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
No records for this month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
34 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 34Speciesrecorded more than once
- 23Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 5ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,167Recordsopen records within 15 km
- 104 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 2Raptors
- 1Owls
- 12Waders
- 8Gulls & seabirds
- 4Ducks & geese
- 1Storks & cranes
- 5Songbirds
- 1Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 34 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Owls1 species
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- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVU
Waders12 species
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- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
Gulls & seabirds8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
Ducks & geese4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- King EiderSomateria spectabilis
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
Songbirds5 species
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- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
Other birds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- PtarmiganLagopus muta
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from June to July.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-28°/-34°13 mm
- Feb-29°/-35°12 mm
- Mar-25°/-32°16 mm
- Apr-16°/-23°17 mm
- May-5°/-10°24 mm
- Jun4°/0°36 mm
- Jul8°/3°53 mm
- Aug5°/0°50 mm
- Sep-3°/-8°33 mm
- Oct-13°/-18°29 mm
- Nov-21°/-26°19 mm
- Dec-25°/-31°16 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Nanuit Itillinga National Wildlife Area.
Protected area in Nunavut, Canada
Nanuit Itillinga National Wildlife Area is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Canada.
34 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,167 open records.
The most recorded are the Snowy Owl, the Long-tailed Skua and the Snow Bunting.
23 species come for the summer, 0 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
5 are threatened worldwide, including Snowy Owl, Grey Plover and Long-tailed duck.
The most species are recorded from June to July.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Resolute Bay Airport (YRB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 154 km in a straight lineCar hire at YZF airport (Yellowknife)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Nanuit Itillinga National Wildlife Area.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3457313) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,167 open bird records within 15 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Islandyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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