Charadriiformes / Laridae / Larus

Iceland Gull

Larus glaucoides

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

David McCorquodale · CC_BY_4_0

Larus glaucoides glaucoides

breeds southern and western Greenland; winters to Iceland, Faroe Islands, British Isles, and southwestern Scandinavia
Larus glaucoides kumlieni

breeds eastern and southern Baffin Island, Southampton Island (northern Hudson Bay), and Ungava Peninsula (northeastern Canada); winters mainly from coastal Labrador to west-central North Atlantic coast
Larus glaucoides thayeri

breeds Arctic eastern Canadian islands from Banks to Ellesmere and northern and central Baffin islands (far northeastern Canada), and formerly northwestern Greenland; winters North Pacific coast from British Columbia (southwestern Canada) to southern California (southwestern USA)

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.