Iceland Gull

Larus glaucoides - Goéland à ailes blanches Goéland arctique

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Laridés

  • Genus
    :

    Larus

  • Species
    :

    glaucoides

Descriptor

Meyer, B, 1822

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 64 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 125 à 130 cm.
  • Weight
    : 750 à 850 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Goéland à ailes blanches
adult plum. breeding

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-branca,
  • 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,

Voice song and cries

Goéland à ailes blanches
Third

Habitat

Goéland à ailes blanches
First year

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

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Goéland à ailes blanches
published: - Updated: 03-01-2009
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