Species: Larus hyperboreus

Glaucous Gull

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Salish Sea-reliant birds

Terrestrial vertebrates: birds

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Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Craniata

Class

Aves

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Laridae

Genus

Larus

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Classification

Other Global Common Names

Gaviota Blanca - goéland bourgmestre

Informal Taxonomy

Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Other Birds

Formal Taxonomy

Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Charadriiformes - Laridae - Larus - (Snell 1991a).

Ecology and Life History

Migration

false - false - true - Summer and winter ranges overlap somewhat in some areas; migratory status in those areas? Arrives in breeding areas in Beaufort Sea area in May, most depart by mid-September, though some, especially juveniles, may remain into November (Johnson and Herter 1989).

Non-migrant

false

Locally Migrant

false

Food Comments

In Arctic an important predator of lemmings; also predator of young alcids, ducks, and gulls. Feeds on fishes, mollusks, crustaceans and seabird eggs. Preys heavily on eggs and chicks, especially those of waterfowl, in breeding season (Johnson and Herter 1989). Large numbers may stop to feed along barrier islands, at whale carcasses, and at dumps during fall movements (Johnson and Herter 1989).

Reproduction Comments

Breeding begins late May to early June (Harrison 1978); egg laying occurs mainly mid- to late June in Beaufort Sea area (Johnson and Herter 1989). Both sexes incubate 2-3 eggs for 27-28 days (Terres 1980). Hatching begins in second week of July in Beaufort Sea area. Semi-precocial young are tended by both parents, fledge at 45-50 days, may be accompanied by adults into mid-September. Often nests in colonies, but may nest singly.

Length

Weight

1576

Conservation Status

NatureServe Global Status Rank

Global Status Last Reviewed

1996-11-27

Global Status Last Changed

1996-11-27

Other Status

LC - Least concern

Distribution

Conservation Status Map

Global Range

BREEDS: arctic coasts, islands from northern Alaska east across northern Canada, Greenland, Iceland, northern Europe to eastern Siberia. WINTERS: from southern part of breeding range south to southern California and Virginia; occasional in Hawaii; in Old World, south to northern Europe and central Siberia.

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