Gulls (Laridae)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) - HBW 3, p. 608
French: Goéland arctique
German: Polarmöwe
Spanish: Gaviota Groenlandesa
Other common names: Greenland Gull; Kumlien's Gull (kumlieni)
Taxonomy: Larus glaucoides B. Meyer, 1822, Iceland.
Formerly listed as L. leucopterus. Closely related to L. argentatus, and sometimes treated as conspecific. Form kumlieni sometimes considered a separate species, as birds with grey wingtips occur alongside those with white wingtips in Nearctic. E-W cline apparent, from pale glaucoides to slightly darker kumlieni to darker L. thayeri. Increasing tendency to lump L. thayeri with L. glaucoides refuted, as such treatment would make the species undiagnosable; yet kumlieni hybridizes with L. thayeri, and may be closer to latter t.. View all taxonomy...
Formerly listed as L. leucopterus. Closely related to L. argentatus, and sometimes treated as conspecific. Form kumlieni sometimes considered a separate species, as birds with grey wingtips occur alongside those with white wingtips in Nearctic. E-W cline apparent, from pale glaucoides to slightly darker kumlieni to darker L. thayeri. Increasing tendency to lump L. thayeri with L. glaucoides refuted, as such treatment would make the species undiagnosable; yet kumlieni hybridizes with L. thayeri, and may be closer to latter than to L. g. glaucoides. Two subspecies provsionally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- kumlieni Brewster, 1883 - NE Canada, on Baffin I and NW Ungava; winters from Labrador S to E Great Lakes and Virginia.
- glaucoides B. Meyer, 1822 - S & W Greenland; winters S to N Europe.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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first winter immature calling standing Locality Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA (United States) (ssp kumlieni)
Malcolm Mark Swan 11 January 2010 2 years ago 58 sec 4.7 -
first winter immature taking flight swimming Locality Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA (United States) (ssp kumlieni)
Malcolm Mark Swan 11 January 2010 2 years ago 1 min 9 sec 4.5 -
A close up Locality Oslo, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp glaucoide)
Eric Roualet 16 January 2010 1 year ago 49 sec 4.3 -
A bird on a rock Locality Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark County, Norway
Javier Ortas 23 June 2010 1 year ago 31 sec 4 -
second winter immature swimming briefly flying Locality Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA (United States) (ssp kumlieni)
Malcolm Mark Swan 11 January 2010 2 years ago 51 sec 4 -
An adult bird on a piece of ice and then in flight Locality Ilulissat, Greenland (ssp glaucoides)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 May 2002 4 years ago 33 sec 3.1
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Leaving from a platform
Locality South Holland Province, Netherlands
Rob Belterman 2 January 2012 5 weeks ago 4.6 -
first winter bird
Locality Ouessant (Ushant) island, Finistère, Bretagne, France (ssp kumlieni)
AurélienAudevard 15 February 2009 2 years ago 4.3 -
first winter bird
Locality Ouessant (Ushant) island, Finistère, Bretagne, France (ssp kumlieni)
AurélienAudevard 15 February 2009 2 years ago 4.2 -
First winter.
Locality South Holland Province, Netherlands
Rob Belterman 2 January 2012 5 weeks ago 4.1 -
A vagrant third year specimen
Locality Zeebrugge, West Flanders Province, Belgium
Marco Valentini 22 January 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
first winter bird
Locality Ouessant (Ushant) island, Finistère, Bretagne, France (ssp kumlieni)
AurélienAudevard 15 February 2009 2 years ago 4
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