Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoides
Taxonomy
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Larus
- eBird Code
- y00478
Vocalizations
Subspecies (3)
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Larus glaucoides glaucoides
breeds southern and western Greenland; winters to Iceland, Faroe Islands, British Isles, and southwestern Scandinavia
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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
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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)
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.