Quqsuqtuq

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Species: Black-bellied Plover
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2015-06-28 13:51:00
Release Location: Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area, Bathurst Island, Nunavut
Last Location: 2016-09-09 11:10:28

Background

Quqsuqtuq (pronounced Kook-sook-took) means 'yellow' in Inuktitut for the yellow leg band she is wearing. Inuktitut is one of the Inuit languages of Nunavut in northern Canada where Quqsuqtuq's breeding grounds are located. Quqsuqtuq had a nest with Aippiq during the 2016 breeding season.