#glaucous gull

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A glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) on Keflavíkurbjarg cliffs, Iceland

by Charles J Sharp

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Lifer Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)

Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland - 27-12-2025

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My lifer Glaucous Gull he was awesome ft. A bad photo of him flying away

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Gull

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Nesting birds in the ice off of Lilliehöökbreen, Svalbard

Taken August 2022

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Round 2, Side A: Match 27

[Image ID: Two pictures of gulls. The left is a glaucous gull standing on a rock overlooking water. The right is a Sabine's gull swimming in water. /End ID]

glaucous gull vs Sabine's gull

glaucous gull

Sabine's gull

Voting ended onMay 10, 2023

The glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) lives and breeds around the Arctic. The second largest gull behind the great black-backed gull, they typically measure 55-77 cm (22-30 in) in length and 132-170 cm (52-67 in) in wingspan. They may weigh over 2.3 kg (5 lbs), making them the heaviest gull species in the world. They are very pale in coloring, with no black on the wings or tail. They have white underparts and head, pale grey back, pale grey wings with white tips, pink legs, and hefty yellow bill with red spot. They feed on fish, invertebrates, carrion, small mammals, and other birds, and steal food from other birds.

The Sabine's gull (Xema sabini) is a small gull that breeds in the Arctic and migrates south to winter off the western coasts of South America and southern Africa. They typically measure 27-33 cm (10-13 in) in length and 81-87 cm (32-34 in) in wingspan. Their head is charcoal grey edged in black, their body is white, and their bill is black with a yellow tip. They have a white forked tail and red eyering. Their wings show a striking triangle pattern of grey, white, and black. They eat small fish, crustaceans, and insects, and occasionally eggs or nestlings of other birds.

glaucous gull image by Leon van der Noll

Sabine's gull image by Ómar Runólfsson

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Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)

© Doug Thomson

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Glaucous Gull