Iceland Gulls do not breed in Iceland. They do winter there, as well as in northern parts of Europe, in eastern and central Canada, and across the northeastern and central United States, ...
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
The Iceland Gull breeds on the Arctic shores of North America and Greenland and winters south down the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and across the north Atlantic to north-western Europe.
Iceland gull Larus glaucoides
Identification Tips:
Length: 19 inches
Fairly large gull
Bill relatively slim with indistinct gonydeal angle
Rounded head
Wingtips extend well beyond tail at rest ...
Iceland Gull Behaviour
No observations regarding Iceland Gull behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Iceland Gulls ...
The Iceland Gull is a pale northern Gull, normally found in the Arctic in summer, and the northern Atlantic coast in winter. It only actually occurs in Iceland during the winter months.
Iceland Gull
(Larus glaucoides)
Status: Vagrant.
Last recorded on site in 2001
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) and Thayer's Gull (Larus thayeri). In The Birds of North America, No. 699 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
Conservation Status References BirdLife International 2004.
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoides Meyer
Status Fairly common in winter, very rare in summer. Iceland Gulls generally arrive from the north in October (average 15 October, earliest 30 September).
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides kumlieni - 1st winter in flight
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Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoides
Very small numbers in winter. Sometimes seen out on open water. Also seen on shore.
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis ...
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides. Accidental.
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus. Rare in winter, spring, and fall in Gulf Coast and Tennessee Valley regions. Found in the Gulf and on bays, beaches, lakes, and rivers.
There is continuing debate about the taxonomic status of this species, and some authorities consider Thayer's Gull to be the dark-mantled form of Iceland Gull, ...
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) - Photographed 4/28/02 aboard the Cedar Island-Ocracoke ferry by Helmut Mueller.
Barred Owl (Strix varia) - A very pale individual in Chapel Hill, 2/7/02.
Thayer's gulls (Larus thayeri) were at one time considered a subspecies of Larus argentatus or Iceland gulls (Larus glaucoides). The only currently recognized subspecies that breeds in North America is L. a.
THE WHITE-WINGED SILVERY GULL.
[Iceland Gull.]
LARUS LEUCOPTERUS, Faber.
[Larus glaucoides.] ...
* Iceland Gull, Larus glaucoides
* Ivory Gull, Pagophila eburnea
* Kelp Gull, Larus dominicanus
* Kittiwake or Black-legged Kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla
* Red-legged Kittiwake, Rissa brevirostris
* Laughing Gull, Larus atricilla ...
White-winged gulls for the two Arctic-breeding species Iceland Gull and Glaucous Gull ...
Larus glaucoides Iceland gull
Larus heermanni Heermann's gull
Larus hyperboreus Glaucous gull
Larus ichthyaetus Great black-headed gull
Larus leucophthalmus White-eyed gull
Larus livens Yellow-footed gull
Larus marinus Great black-backed gull ...
 See also: Eland, Gull, Herring Gull, Herring, Glaucous gull
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