Mingan NPR Coastal Seabirds 1984–2022

Monitoring the number of individuals of three alcid species and the number of black-legged kittiwake nests. Field data from 1984 to 2022. Several islands in the RPNCAM are used by these birds for nesting. nesting. The presence and high abundance of this species being very characteristic of the park's island ecology. Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica), Razorbills (Alca torda), Common Murres (Uria aalge) and Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) are used to assess the status of seabird populations and consequently that of the coastal ecosystem.

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