Glaucous Gull

Larus hyperboreus

Summary 4

The Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) is a large gull which breeds in the Arctic regions of the northern hemisphere and the Atlantic coasts of Europe. It is migratory, wintering from in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans as far south as the British Isles and northernmost states of the USA, also on the Great Lakes. A few birds sometimes reach the southern USA and northern Mexico.

Range description 5

This species breeds in the Arctic regions of the northern hemisphere. Birds breeding in northern Europe and Asia tend to remain near the colony year-round. Breeders in North America migrate south, being found in the North Pacific from California (USA) round to the extreme south-east of Russia, off the western coast of North America down to Virginia, and the Atlantic coast of Europe down to Brittany, France including the United Kingdom and Ireland1.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Dan Irizarry, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2569/5753354021_a5c3264b6b.jpg
  2. Sowls, Art, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Larus_hyperboreus-USFWS.jpg/460px-Larus_hyperboreus-USFWS.jpg
  3. (c) Andy Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2022/2221472602_ce7f6709d0.jpg
  4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larus_hyperboreus
  5. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/34530790

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