Gulls (Laridae)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) - HBW 3, p. 608
French: Goéland bourgmestre
German: Eismöwe
Spanish: Gavión Hiperbóreo
Taxonomy: Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767, northern Norway.
Variously considered monotypic or polytypic; subspecific distinctions subtle. Race leuceretes sometimes merged into nominate race. Larus glaucus is a synonym for L. canus. Four subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767 - Jan Mayen and Spitsbergen E to Taymyr Peninsula.
- pallidissimus Portenko, 1939 - Taymyr Peninsula E to Bering Sea, including Pribilof Is.
- barrovianus Ridgway, 1886 - Alaska to W Canada (NW Mackenzie region).
- leuceretes Schleep, 1819 - E Mackenzie region through N Canadian archipelago to Greenland and Iceland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on the ground. Locality Amsterdam, North Holland Province, Netherlands
Yoel Jimenez 22 July 2012 15 weeks ago 35 sec 4.7 -
An adult alarming in flight around the nest and attacking the observer Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
Laurent Demongin 22 July 2008 4 years ago 31 sec 4.7 -
An immature eating a fish discard. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp pallidissimus)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 24 sec 4.6 -
Two birds perched on an ice pack, one of them flying away. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp pallidissimus)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 24 sec 4.6 -
Several views of a 1st winter (HY) bird on the beach, and then flying away. Locality Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp barrovianus)
Don DesJardin 20 January 2009 4 years ago 40 sec 4.6 -
A bird eating a fish discard on an ice pack. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp pallidissimus)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 24 sec 4.3
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A vagrant first year specimen
Locality De IJzermonding Nature Reserve, Nieuwpoort, West Flanders Province, Belgium
Marco Valentini 14 January 2012 1 year ago 4.5 -
Adult standing on ice floe.
Locality Raudfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp hyperboreus)
Christophe Gouraud 5 July 2010 2 years ago 4.4 -
An adult bird stealing food.
Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp pallidissimus)
Jordi Sargatal 6 February 2010 10 weeks ago 4.4 -
Adult stealing an egg of Common Eider (Somateria mollissima mollissima).
Locality Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp hyperboreus)
Christophe Gouraud 8 July 2010 2 years ago 4.4 -
In flight at Doha Port.
Locality Doha, Qatar
John A Thompson 19 February 2009 2 years ago 4.4 -
Juvenile
Locality Greenland
Martin Hale 11 August 2004 1 year ago 4.3
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Adults alarming near the nest Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
Laurent Demongin 20 July 2008 3 years ago 4.5 -
An individual calling. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States)
(ssp barrovianus)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 42 weeks ago 4 -
Calls by one individual. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States)
(ssp barrovianus)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 42 weeks ago 4 -
A pair calling Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
Laurent Demongin 7 June 2008 3 years ago 4
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