Arctic Birds

Arctic Nature & Wildlife Galleries

Adult arctic terns, Sterna paradisea, harassing an arctic fox near their nest, Victoria Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada
WL.0052-00
Arctic terns nest amongst poppies and other tundra flowers. Longyearbyen. Spitsbergen
SZ.0161-04

Hunting snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, prairie Alberta, Canada
WL.0308-00
Hunting snowy owl, Bubo scandiaca, prairie Alberta, Canada
WL.0313-00

Snowy owl chick on nest in open tundra. Yellow eyes and still in down. The Arctic.
FT.0213-00
Little Auks / Dovekies fly in front of the Annanbreen Glacier on Amsterdam Island Spitsbergen
SZ.0112-05

Long-tailed jaegers, Stercorarius longicaudus, defending their nest in an aerial threat display, Victoria Island, Nunvaut, Arctic Canada
WL.0196-00
Newly hatched arctic tern chick (Sterna paradisaea) with the egg tooth still visible, Ellesmere Island, Canadian High Arctic
WL.0440-00

Female Eider sits on her nest amongst Purple Saxifrage. Spitsbergen.
SZ.0037-05
Spectacled Eider Duck portrait, this male id in the peak of his breeding plumage. Living Coasts.
ZLC0004-12

Long-tailed Duck in breeding plumage displays. Living Coasts
ZLC0004-07
Kittiwakes on Rubini Rock bird cliffs. Hooker Island, Franz Josef Land. 2004
RFJ0026-01

Kittiwakes fly away from a piece of iceberg ice by Lilliehookbreen. Spitsbergen
SZ.0823-13
Flying Kittiwake. Svalbard
SZ.6008-13

Kittiwake (Blacklegged) with chick on Rubini Rock bird cliffs, with Brunnich's guillemots bottom left. Franz Josef Land
KR.0219-32
Kittiwake lifts off the sea with lots of spray. The Arctic
SZ.0821-21

Flying Kittiwake. Svalbard
SZ.6008-14
Kittiwakes crowd onto a small iceberg by Smeerenburgbreen. Svalbard.
SZ.6012-01

Young male polar bear approaches a dead seal where gulls are feeding, Spitsbergen
SZ.0824-12
Ivory gull calling on a snow mound, with another, white on white. Svalbard.
TJ.0451-00

Ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea, Svalbard Archipelago, Arctic Norway
WL.0179-00
Thick billed Murres in flight over water. The Arctic.
FT.0180-00

Common Guillemot stretches his wings after a wash. Living Coasts.
ZLC0004-02
Brunnich's Guillemot running on sea ice. Svalbard
POD0171-00

Brunnichs Guillemots, looking like penguins on an ice floe in Hinlopen Strait under Alkefjellet Bird Cliff. Spitsbergen
POD0125-00
Northern Fulmar in low evening light by the Kongsbreen Glacier. Spitsbergen.
SZ.0817-11

A Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes) a member of the corvid family sits in the snow at a winter camp in the Purovsky region of the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia
RY.0902-39
Incubating red-throated loon, Gavia stellata, Victorai Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada
WL.0265-00

Adult male willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, in spring breeding plumage, northern Manitoba, Canada.
WL.0374-00
A young Gyr Falcon (Falco rusticolus). Northwest Greenland. 1985
QQ.0539-11

Common Murre or Guillemot swimming underwater, this bird is common in the North Atlantic and Pacific waters. C
ZLC0001-09
A pair of Little Auks / Dovekies, on a lichen covered rock below a bird cliff. Svalbard
SZ.6009-13

Little Auks in flight, this shows their characteristic tight formation. Spitsbergen
SZ.0826-28
Tufted Puffin flying underwater as he feeds on small fish. Living Coasts.
ZLC0003-06

Atlantic Puffins on a sloping rock
FT.0175-00
Little Auks in flight. Dovekies. Savissivik Greenland
FT.0179-00
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