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Charadriiformes / Laridae / Pagophila

Ivory Gull

Pagophila eburnea

IUCN: Near Threatened

Taxonomy

Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Pagophila

Distribution

breeds high Arctic islands from Greenland, Svalbard, Franz Josef Land eastward to Herald Island (northeastern Russia) and northern Canada; winters Arctic Ocean pack-ice edge to southeastern Labrador, Greenland, and Bering seas

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.