Habitat
Nests on coastal tundra; level terrain, poorly drained hummocky moss-sedge tundra interspersed with numerous ponds; wet unpatterned tundra with strangmoor ridges for nesting (Parmalee et al. 1967, Andersson 1973). Nonsaline marshes for breeding, saline habitats for foraging.
References
Andersson, M. 1973. Birds of Nuvagapak Point, northeastern Alaska. Arctic 26: 186-197.
Parmelee, D. F., H. A. Stephens, and R. H. Schmidt. 1967. The birds of Southeastern Victoria Island and adjacent small islands. National Museum Canadian Bulletin no. 222.
