Description
This dataset consists of published and unpublished records of breeding birds in Greenland, in total 13,338 records. The published sources include technical reports, scientific papers, books, expedition reports etc., and the unpublished sources are multiple: my own observations in the period 1974 to 2021, the notebooks of colleagues and ornithologists, information send to me from numerous sources in Greenland, and information published on on-line media such as iNaturalist and eBird. These unpublished sources are referred to as own obs. (in case of my own observations), or in case of other observers by their name followed by ‘in litt.’, ‘pers. comm.’, ‘notes’ or ‘unpublished’. Data from the Greenland Seabird Breeding Colony database kept at my institute is also included here and the data from the on-line media are indicated by the name of the web site. The data dates back to 1843.
The information is classified into three categories under the headline ‘occurrenceRemark’: confirmed breeding records, probable breeding records and possible breeding records. The confirmed records are those where a definitive proof of breeding is given (e.g. nests, eggs, chicks recorded, or when behaviour of adult birds indicate certain breeding, such as adults carrying food for chicks). Probable breeding records are those where no proof has been obtained, but behaviour indicates breeding (e.g., injury feigning in waders) and possible breeding records are those where pairs of birds have been observed in potential breeding habitats and non-breeders can be excluded.
Only observation year is indicated, as the exact date is not relevant in this context.
Position is given by geographic coordinates. Site names are not indicated. Site accuracy is given in three categories more or less accurate (within 2,5 km), inaccurate (within 10 km) and concealed (within 150 km). The latter category is used for breeding sites of White-tailed Eagle, Gyr Falcon and Peregrine Falcon as a conservation measure.
The data are published as distribution maps in the book: Boertmann, D. 2025, Birds of Greenland, an annotated and updated checklist. – Aarhus University Press.
Published sources are given with full reference.
Associated parties:
Aarhus University, Department of Ecoscience, Section Arctic Environment
Greenland Institute of Natural Resources.
Funding: The sampling and compilation of these data was funded by Aage V. Jensens Fonde.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 13,338 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Boertmann D (2025). Breeding records of birds in Greenland. Version 1.6. Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University. Occurrence dataset. https://danbif.au.dk/ipt/resource?r=breeding_records_birds_greenland&v=1.6
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: a8200d50-302e-42d4-ac90-8ee51e33aabb. Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by DanBIF - Danish Biodiversity Information Facility.
Keywords
Occurrence; Greenland; breeding birds; breeding records
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Geographic Coverage
Greenland
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [58.078, -81.563], North East [90, 0] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| Phylum | Chordata, Chordatae |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Charadriiformes, Anseriformes, Galliformes, Falconifornes, Strigiformes, Passeriformes, Procellariiformes, Falconiformes, Suliiformes, Gaviiformes, Accipitriformes |
| Family | Fringillidae, Scolopacidae, Alcidae, Muscapidae, Charadriidae, Anatidae, Laridae, Calcariidae, Bombycillidae, Corvidae, Accipitridae, Stercoraridae, Strigidae, Motacillidae, Muscicapidae, Procellariidae, Alaudidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Phasianidae, Falconidae, Stercorariidae, Turdidae, scolopacidae, Gaviidae, Anatidae |
Bibliographic Citations
- The data are published as distribution maps in the book: Boertmann, D. 2025, Birds of Greenland, an annotated and updated checklist. – Aarhus University Press.
Additional Metadata
| Acknowledgements | Associated parties: Aarhus University, Department of Ecoscience, Section Arctic Environment Greenland Institute of Natural Resources. Funding: The sampling and compilation of these data was funded by Aage V. Jensens Fonde. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | a8200d50-302e-42d4-ac90-8ee51e33aabb |
| https://danbif.au.dk/ipt/resource?r=breeding_records_birds_greenland |