Tisamat

Black-bellied Plover Tracking (Canada)

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Species: Black-bellied Plover
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2015-06-28 17:20:00
Release Location: Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area, Bathurst Island, Nunavut
Last Location: 2015-09-12 02:17:49

Background

Tisamat (pronounced Tee-sah-mat) means the number 'four' in Inuktitut. Inuktitut is one of the Inuit languages of Nunavut in northern Canada where Tisamat's breeding grounds are located.