Population status

Dovekie
(Alle alle)

In Canada, Dovekie are known to breed only on eastern Baffin Island, Nunavut, where fewer than 1000 pairs are estimated to occur (Finley and Evans 1984, Montevecchi and Stenhouse 2002). There are no quantitative data to describe the status of the Canadian breeding population, but in 1983, Inuit hunters reported that the colony at Home Bay, Nunavut, had been present throughout their lifetime (Finley and Evans 1984). Even the status of the global population, concentrated in Greenland, Svalbard and the Russian Arctic, is poorly understood (Petersen et al. 2008).  

References

• Finley, K.J. and C.R. Evans. 1984. First Canadian breeding record for the Dovekie (Alle alle). Arctic 37:288-289.
• Merkel, F. and T. Barry (Eds.). 2008. Seabird harvest in the Arctic. CAFF International Secretariat, Circumpolar Seabird Group (CBird), CAFF Technical Report No. 16. Merkel, F. and T. Barry (Eds.). 2008. Seabird harvest in the Arctic. CAFF International Secretariat, Circumpolar Seabird Group (CBird), CAFF Technical Report No. 16. (Link)
• Montevecchi, W.A. and I.J. Stenhouse. 2002. Dovekie (Alle alle), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Montevecchi, W.A. and I.J. Stenhouse. 2002. Dovekie (Alle alle), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. (Link)
• Petersen, A., D. Irons, T. Anker-Nilssen, Y. Artukhin, R. Barrett, D. Boertmann, C. Egevang, M.V. Gavrilo, G. Gilchrist, M. Hario, M. Mallory, A. Mosbech, B. Olsen, H. Osterblom, G. Robertson and H. Strøm. 2008. Framework for a Circumpolar Arctic Seabird Monitoring Network. CAFF CBMP Report No. 15. CAFF International Secretariat, Akureyri, Iceland. Petersen, A., D. Irons, T. Anker-Nilssen, Y. Artukhin, R. Barrett, D. Boertmann, C. Egevang, M.V. Gavrilo, G. Gilchrist, M. Hario, M. Mallory, A. Mosbech, B. Olsen, H. Osterblom, G. Robertson and H. Strøm. 2008. Framework for a Circumpolar Arctic Seabird Monitoring Network. CAFF CBMP Report No. 15. CAFF International Secretariat, Akureyri, Iceland. (Link)
• Wiese, F.K. and P.C. Ryan. 2003. The extent of chronic marine oil pollution in southeastern Newfoundland waters assessed through beached bird surveys 1984–1999. Marine Pollution Bulletin 46:1090–1101. Wiese, F.K. and P.C. Ryan. 2003. The extent of chronic marine oil pollution in southeastern Newfoundland waters assessed through beached bird surveys 1984–1999. Marine Pollution Bulletin 46:1090–1101. (Link)