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Appendix I. Bird species list from Kitsissunnguit. A total of 54 species has been recorded, of which 25 is breeding regularly. Code CB = common breeder – breeding annually at Kitsissunnguit, RB=rare breeder, breeding in low numbers, not annually, NB=observed in breeding season but not breeding at Kitsissunnguit, Mi=migrant – using Kitsissunnguit as stop‐over site, Ac= accidental – rare visitor.
Code English Scientific Code English Scientific
Mi Red‐throated diver Gavia stellata Mi Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Mi Great Northern Diver Gavia immer
CB Red‐necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus NB Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis CB Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius CB Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo NB Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus Mi Greenland White‐fronted Goose Anser albifrons flavirostris RB Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus Mi Snow Goose Anser caerulescens RB Long‐tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus NB Canada Goose Branta Canadensis Ac Lesser Black‐backed Gull Larus fuscus CB Mallard Anas platyrhynchos CB Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides NB Northern Pintail Anas acuta CB Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus RB Common Eider Somateria mollissima CB Great Black‐backed Gull Larus marinus NB King Eider Somateria spectabilis Ac Sabine’s gull Larus sabini CB Long‐tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis RB Ross’s Gull Rhodostethia rosea CB Red‐breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Mi Black‐legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla NB Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus CB Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea NB Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus NB Brünnich’s Guillemot Uria lomvia Mi Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus mutus CB Razorbill Alca torda CB Great Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula CB Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Ac American Golden plover Pluvialis dominica CB Little Auk Alle alle Mi Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola CB Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica Mi Red Knot Calidris canutus Ac Snowy owl Bubo scandiacus Mi Sanderling Calidris alba RB Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Ac Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Ac Hermit Thrush Chatarus guttata Ac Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Ac Dark‐eyed Junco Junco hyemalisNB White‐rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis CB Common Raven Corvus corax CB Purple Sandpipier Calidris maritima RB Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea RB Dunlin Calidris alpina CB Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus Ac Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus CB Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Appendix II. Plant species list (scientific name in alphabetic order) from Kitsissunnguit. The list was conducted during fieldwork in June/July 2002 by David Boertmann, National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark.
Name Name Name Name
Arctagrostis latifolia Comarum palustre Lycopodium annotium Rhododendron lapponicum
Armeria scabra Draba arctica Melandrium triflorum Salix arctica
Bartsia alpina Draba norvegica Mertensia maritima Salix hervacea
Betula nana Dryas integrifolia Oxyria digyna Saxifraga caespitosa
Carex bigelowii Elymus mollis Papaver radicatum Saxifraga hyperboreus
Carex glareosa Empetrum hermaphroditum Pedicularis flammea Saxifraga nivalis
Carex lachenalii Equisetum arvense Pedicularis hirsuta Saxifraga oppositifolia
Carex norvegica Eriophorum scheuchzeri Pedicularis lapponica Saxifraga tricuspidata
Carex rariflora Eriophorum triste Plantago maritima Silene acaulis
Carex saxatilis Festuca brachyphylla Poa arctica Stellaria humifusa
Carex stans Hippuris vulgaris Polygonum viviparum Stellaria longipes
Carex ursina Honcknya peploides Potentilla egedii Tofieldia pusilla
Cassiope tetragona Huperzia selago Potentilla hookeriana Triglochin palustre
Cerastium alpinum Juncus castaneus Puccinellia angustata Trisetum spicatum
Cerastium arcticum s.l. Ledum palustre Pyrola grandiflora Vaccinium uliginosum
Chamaenerion latifolium Luzula groenlandica Ranunculus hyperboreus Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Cochlearia groenlandicum Luzula multiflora s.l. Ranunculus lapponicus
Appendix III. Literature list with paper, reports and other types of publications with special emphasis on Kitsissunnguit.
1. Ballegaard, J. (1979). "Mere om fuglelivet i Diskobugten." Danske Fugle 30: 217‐223.
2. Chalmers, J. A., T. Christopher, R. Pulvertaft, C. Marcussen and A. K. Pedersen (1998). "New structure maps over the Nuussuaq Basin, central West Greenland." Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin 180: 18‐27.
3. Egevang, C. 2008 ”Forstyrrelser i grønlandske havfuglekolonier, med speciel fokus på ynglende havterner på Kitsissunnguit (Grønne Ejland), Disko Bugt”. Teknisk rapport nr. 71, Grønlands Naturinstitut, 21 sider. http://www.natur.gl/UserFiles/File/Publlikationer/2008‐02_GN_teknisk_rapport_71_final_forstyrrelser_fuglekolonier.pdf
4. Egevang, C. 2007 ”Drømmefuglen” Fugle og Natur nr. 1 2007: 18‐19.
5. Egevang, C. 2004 ”Grønne Ejland – perlen i Disko Bugt” SULUK (Air Greenlands magasin), 01/2004: 2‐17
6. Egevang, C. 2002 “Vestgrønlands Havterner i krise?” Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift 96: 145‐146
7. Egevang, C. & D. Boertmann 2001 “The Greenland Ramsar sites, a status report” National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark. NERI Technical Report No. 346, 95 pp. pdf‐format: http://www.dmu.dk/1_viden/2_Publikationer/3_fagrapporter/rapporter/FR346.pdf
8. Egevang, C. & D. Boertmann 2003 ”Havternen i Grønland – Status og Undersøgelser 2002” National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark. NERI Technical Report No. 438, 72 pp. http://www.dmu.dk/1_viden/2_Publikationer/3_fagrapporter/rapporter/FR438.pdf
9. Egevang, C., D. Boertmann & O. S. Kristensen 2005 ” Monitering af havternebestanden på Kitsissunnguit (Grønne Ejland) og den sydlige del af Disko Bugt, 2002‐2004” Teknisk rapport nr. 62, Grønlands Naturinstitut, 41 pp. http://www.natur.gl/filer/Havternemonitering.pdf
10. Egevang, C., K. Kampp and D. Boertmann (2004). "The Breeding Association of Red Phalaropes (Phalaropus fulicarius) with Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea): Response to a Redistribution of Terns in a Major Greenland Colony." Waterbirds 27(4): 406‐410.
11. Egevang, C., K. Kampp, et al. (2006). Declines in breeding waterbirds following a redistribution of Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea in West Greenland. Waterbirds around the World. C. A. G. D. A. S. G. C. Boere. The stationery Office, Edinburgh, UK: 154
12. Egevang, C. &D. Boertmann 2008 “Ross’s Gulls (Rhodostethia rosea) breeding in Greenland: A review, with special emphasis on records from 1979 to 2007” ARCTIC 61: 322-328
13. Frich, A. S. (1997). Fuglelivet og dets udnyttelse på Grønne Ejland i Vestgrønland, juni 1996. Nuuk, Greenland, Pinngortitaleriffik, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources: 19.
14. Hjarsen, T. (2000). Diskobugten ‐ Besigtigelses‐ og informationstur 20. ‐ 26 juni 2000. Nuuk, Grønlands Hjemmestyre ‐ Direktoratet for Miljø og Natur.
15. Jensen, J. F., L. Johansen and E. B. Petersen (1997). "Grønlands ældste minedrift." Tidsskriftet Grønland(4).
16. Jørgensen, P. S., Kristensen, M. W. & Egevang, C. 2007 ”Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius and Red‐necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus behavioural response to Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea colonial alarms. Dansk Oritologisk Forenings Tidsskrift 101 (3): 73‐78
17. Kampp, K. (1980). "Ornitologiske undersøgelser i Disko Bugt 1980." Unpublished field report.
18. Kampp, K. (1982). "Notes on the Long‐tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus in West Greenland." Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift 76: 129‐135.
19. Kampp, K. and R. M. Kristensen (1980). "Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea breeding in Disko Bay, West Greenland, 1979." Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift 74: 129‐135.
20. Ostermann, H. and M. P. Porsild (1921). Egedesminde Distrikt & Christianshaab Distrikt. Grønland (Grønne Ejland: p. 65 og 117) ‐ I Tohundredaaret for hans Egedes Landing. G. C. Amdrup, L. Bobé, S. Jensen and H. P. Steensby. Copenhagen, C. A. Reitzel Boghandel: 1‐151.
21. Salomonsen, F. (1950). The Birds of Greenland, Munksgaard, Copenhagen
22. Tøttrup, A., C. Egevang & D. Boertmann 2003 ”Grønne Ejland – Terners øer” Fugle og Natur nr. 1 2003: 28‐31
Appendix IV. Arctic tern population size results (point estimate and Standard Deviation) from line transect counts conducted on
Kitsissunnguit in 2002 to 2006.
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Angissat 0 0 0 0 0
Innarsuatsiaaq 0 0 776 (420.1) 6001 8001
Basis Ø West 3785 (1129.4) 5938 (1524.1) 3650 (1979.0) 3244 (1111.6) 5177 (1890.0)
Basis Ø East 7740 (1152.8) 11688 (1446.6) 12251 (2142.7) 8868 (716.7) 11883 (1897.7)
Niaqornaq 3159 (1254.1) 1245 (523.1) 1984 (658.0) 1747 (503.3) 25001
Saattuarsuit 6701 6701 5301 14201 14001
Total 15354 19541 19191 15879 21760
1 population estimate from direct counts
Appendix V. Counts of breeding Red Phalaropes at Kitsissunnguit.
1979 1980 1990 1996 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Angissat 10-20 10-11 1-2 2 0 0 0 1 0
Innarsuatsiaaq 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Basis Ø Ca. 10 ? ? 12 8 7-8 9 7-8 6
Niaqornaq ? ? ? 0 1 1 1 1
Total ca. 28 ? ? 15 9 9 10 10 7