Region - The Arctic region occurs across northern North America above the coniferous forest belt. It includes the north coastal plain of Alaska and Yukon, much of the Northwest Territories, small parts of Manitoba and Ontario bordering southern Hudson Bay, and northern Labrador.
It is a frozen, treeless plain but has a surprising variety of habitats. These include rugged and broad Seacoasts, Estuaries, fast and slow-moving rivers and streams, ponds, Arctic Tundra, shrubs and thickets, cliffs and screes.
Identification - There are 13 birds you can easily hear and identify in the Arctic region. The following is a list, in the American Ornithologists' Union order, of these birds:
Common Loon
Tundra Swan
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Oldsquaw
Willow Ptarmigan
Herring Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Common Raven
American Robin
White-crowned Sparrow
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