Quliunngigaqtut

Black-bellied Plover Tracking (Canada)

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Species: Black-bellied Plover
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2017-07-07 19:25:00
Release Location: Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area, Bathurst Island, Nunavut
Last Location: 2026-07-27 18:54:00

Background

Quliunngigaqtut (pronounced coo-lee-oon-knee-gack-toot) is the Inuktitut word for 'nine' because it was the ninth transmitter. Inuktitut is one of the Inuit languages of Nunavut in northern Canada, where Quliunngigaqtut's breeding grounds are located.