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WoRMS taxon details
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Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details]
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Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p. [details]
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Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
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Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p. [details]
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Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p., available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf [details] 
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Animal Diversity Web. <em>University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.</em> , available online at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html [details]
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Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. <em>Paragon Publishing.</em> 1-383. [details]
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Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details]
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Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  [request]
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Unreviewed
Diet insect larva, fish eggs, invetebrates such as snails, limpets, crabs, chitons, and mussels and herring [details]
Dimensions Length: 16 1/2" (42 cm) [details]
Distribution North America; Oceania; from Northern Labrador to Virginia [details]
Habitat ponds, rivers, coastal areas [details]
Reproduction Breeds from eastern Siberia and Alaska south in the mountains to California, and on the Atlantic coast from Greenland and Iceland south to the Gulf of St. Larence. Winters from Labrador to New York, on the Great Lakes, and south to California; also in Korea and Japan. [details]
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