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Key Species of EAAFP in USA |
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Shorebird |
Anatidae |
Others |
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Curlew Sandpiper |
Long-tailed Duck |
Chinese Egret |
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Red Knot |
Steller's Eider |
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Great Knot |
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Far Eastern Curlew |
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Eurasian Curlew |
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Black-tailed Godwit |
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper |
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Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
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Location: Coastal portion of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Coordinates (lat, long): 63.04000, -163.04000 (eastern edge)
Area: 4,824,000 ha (20% are Native selected and conveyed lands and are not part of the area)
Date of joining: 10 October 2012
Protection status: National Wildlife Refuge
Other listings: Important Bird and Biodiversity Area
Important for Shorebirds, Anatidae, and Others
Important EAAF species:
Limosa lapponica baueri (Bar-tailed Godwit), Calidris alpina arcticola (Dunlin), Arenaria interpres (Ruddy Turnstone), Calidris acuminata (Sharp-tailed Sandpiper), Calidris ptilocnemis (Rock Sandpiper), Pluvialis fulva (Pacific Golden Plover), Clangula hyemalis (Long-tailed Duck), Chen canagica (Emperor Goose), Somateria fischeri (Spectacled Eider), Polysticta stelleri (Steller’s Eider), Sterna paradisaea (Arctic Tern), Sterna aleutica (Aleutian Tern)
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Qupaluk
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Location: northeast of Teshekpuk Lake
Coordinates (lat, long): 70.72000, -152.85000
Area: 21100.0 ha
Date of joining: 30 December 2016
Status: within the Teshekpuk Lake Special area
Other listings: Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA)
Important for Shorebirds, Anatidae and Others
Important species
Calidris bairdii (Baird’s Sandpiper), Calidris alpina arcticola (Dunlin), Calidris melanotos (Pectoral Sandpiper), Phalaropus fulcarius (Red Phalarope), Phalaropus lobatus (Red-necked Phalarope), Calidris pusilla (Semipalmated Sandpiper), Calidris acuminata (Sharp-tailed Sandpiper), Calidris himantopus (Stilt Sandpiper), Calidris fuscicollis (White-rumped Sandpiper), Pluvialis dominica (American Golden-Plover), Pluvialis squatarola (Black-bellied Plover), Branta hutchinsii taverneri (Taverner’s Canada Goose), Somateria mollissima (Common Eider), Anser albifrons (Greater White-fronted Goose), Anas crecca (Green-winged Teal), Somateria spectabilis (King Eider), Limodromus scolopaceus (Long-billed Dowitcher), Clangula hyemalis (Long-tailed Duck), Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard), Anas acuta (Northern Pintail), Anas clypeata (Northern Shoveler), Branta bernicla nigricans (Pacific Brant), Mergus serrator (Red-breasted Merganser), Aythya spp.(Scaup spp.), Chen caerulescens (Snow Goose), Somateria fischeri (Spectacled Eider), Polysticta stelleri (Steller’s Eider), Cygnus columbianus (Tundra Swan), Corvus corax (Common Raven), Asio flammeus (Short-eared Owl), Bubo scandiacus (Snowy Owl), Lagopus lagopus (Willow Ptarmigan), Gavia pacifica (Pacific Loon), Gavia stellata (Red-throated Loon), Gavia adamsii (Yellow-billed Loon), Podiceps grisegena (Red-necked Grebe), Sterna paradisaea (Arctic Tern), Larus hyperboreus (Glaucous Gull), Xema sabini (Sabine’s Gull), Stercorarius spp. (Jaeger spp.), Stercorarius longicaudus (Long-tailed Jaeger), Stercorarius parasiticus (Parasitic Jaeger), Stercorarius pomarinus (Pomarine Jaeger)
