Birds of Svalbard

Svalbard is an archipelago on the southern edge of the Arctic Sea and politically belongs to Norway; the main island of the archipelago is called Spitsbergen. The archipelago consists of more than 400 islands and skerries. In summer, Svalbard is usually ice-free because of the Gulf Stream, but even in winter the fjords don't completely freeze over. The bird life on Spitsbergen is relatively poor in species and even fewer bird species breed here, including in particular the auks, which breed here in huge colonies. BirdLife International recognizes 16 IBAs (Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas) on the archipelago. Tourism takes place mainly in the summer from cruise ships that offer shore excursions.

Svalbard is located in the Arctic Ocean. Legally Svalbard belongs to Norway.
This E-book bird guide for "Svalbard" has been built at 29.03.2024, based upon our data base and our image archive using our default settings, and saved in two formates. Thereby it is made sure that the e-book can be displayed on virtually all devices and if applicable be printed out with a compact page size.
A free online-preview to the main section of the bird guide to Svalbard - of course at today's state of the data base and the archive - is available at Bird guides customized. There you can not only obtain the current edition of "Birds of Svalbard", but also modify the form in many ways.
Cover image Snow Bunting, Photo: W.J.Daunicht

Primary language English, secondary languages German, French, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese.
All 124 species are illustrated. In addition, links to HD videos of 52 bird species (35m 19s) and audios of 24 bird species (16m 19s) are included. The assessment of the global conservation status of bird species uses the criteria of the Red List (IUCN) 2012.
The scientific system follows Clements et al. 2017.
An index, name registers in all selected languages and a scientific name register, all completely linked.
PDF E-book in page-based format A5: 54 pages, 8.836 MiB.
ePub E-book in flowable format for all devices with ePub reader: 7.344 MiB.

A former edition of this e-book is available in bookshops (ISBN: 9783754658444).
A paperback version of this bird guide is available from Amazon (ISBN: 9798422124770).
Also you can obtain a Kindle edition from Amazon (ASIN: B09TB8ZF7H).
© Wolfgang J. Daunicht 2024