Tisamaujuqtut

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Species: Black-bellied Plover
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Male
Release Date: 2016-07-07 14:44:30
Release Location: East Bay Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Southampton Island, Nunavut
Last Location: 2017-04-09 02:13:03

Background

Tisamaujuqtut (pronounced tea-sah-mauw-yook-toot) is the Inuktitut word for 'eight' because he is wearing the eighth transmitter. Inuktitut is one of the Inuit languages of Nunavut in northern Canada, where Tisamaujuqtut's breeding grounds are located.