Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoides - Goéland à ailes blanches
Systematics
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family:
Laridés
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Genus:
Larus
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Species:
glaucoides
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 64 cm
- Wingspan: 125 à 130 cm.
- Weight: 750 à 850 g
Geographic range
Description identification
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) is a species of bird in the Laridae family.
Subspecific information 3 subspecies
- Larus glaucoides glaucoides (s and w Greenland, Novaya Zemlya)
- Larus glaucoides kumlieni (ne Canada)
- Larus glaucoides thayeri (n Canada and w Greenland)
Foreign names
- Goéland à ailes blanches,
- Gaviota Groenlandesa,
- Gaivota-polar,
- Polarmöwe,
- Sarki sirály,
- Kleine Burgemeester,
- Gabbiano d'Islanda,
- Vitvingad trut,
- Grønlandsmåke,
- čajka bielokrídla,
- racek polární,
- Hvidvinget Måge,
- grönlanninlokki,
- gavinot polar,
- Bjartmáfur,
- mewa polarna,
- mazā polārkaija,
- polarni galeb,
- Полярная чайка,
- アイスランドカモメ,
- 冰岛鸥,
- 冰洲鷗,
Habitat
Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v10.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes