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  The Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) is a large gull, the second largest gull in the world, which breeds in Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and winters south to shores of the Holarctic. The genus name is from Latin Larus, which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird. The specific hyperboreus is Latin for "northern" from the Ancient Greek Huperboreoi people from the far north "Glaucous" is from Latin glaucus and denotes a bluish-green or grey colour. This gull is migratory, wintering from in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans as far south as the British Isles and northernmost states of the United States, also on the Great Lakes. A few birds sometimes reach the southern USA and northern Mexico.   Range map from www.oiseaux.net - Ornithological Portal Oiseaux.net
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By Cephas - BirdLife International. 2016. Larus hyperboreus.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22694343A86730550. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22694343A86730550.en. Downloaded on 07 June 2018., CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69782034 Description This is a large and powerful gull, second largest of all gull species and very pale in all plumages, with no black on either of the wings or the tail. Adults are pale grey above, with a thick yellow bill. Immatures are very pale grey with a pink and black bill. This species is considerably larger, bulkier and thicker-billed than the similar Iceland gull, and can sometimes equal the size of the great black-backed gull, the oft-titled largest gull species. In some areas, glaucous gulls are about the same weight as great black-backed gulls or even heavier and their maximum weight is greater. They can weigh anywhere from 960 to 2,700 g, with the sexes previously reported to average 1.55 kg in males and 1.35 kg in females. At the colony on Coats Island in Canada, the gulls are nearly 15% heavier than some other known populations, with a mean weight 1.86 kg in 5 males and 1.49 kg in 7 females. One other study claimed even higher weights for glaucous gulls, as on Wrangel Island 9 males reportedly averaged 2.32 kg and 2.1 kg in 6 females, which if accurate would make the glaucous gull the heaviest gull and shoreBird in the world if not (as far as is known) the largest linearly on average. These gulls range from 55 to 77 cm in length and can span 132 to 170 cm, with some specimens possibly atttaining 182 cm, across the wings. Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 40.8 to 50.1 cm, the bill is 4.9 to 6.9 cm and the tarsus is 6 to 7.7 cm. They take four years to reach maturity. The call is a "laughing" cry similar to that of the herring gull but deeper. Listen to the Glaucous Gull
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
 Subspecies There are four subspecies: • L. h. hyperboreus, Gunnerus, 1767: nominate, found from northern Europe to north-western Siberia • L. h. pallidissimus, Portenko, 1939: found from north-western Siberia to the Bering Sea • L. h. barrovianus, Ridgway, 1886: found from Alaska to north-west Canada • L. h. leuceretes, Schleep, 1819: found from north-central Canada to Greenland and Iceland  By Klaus Rassinger und Gerhard Cammerer, Museum Wiesbaden - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=373820074 Ecology This species breeds colonially or singly on coasts and cliffs, making a lined nest on the ground or cliff. Normally 2–4 light brown eggs with dark chocolate splotches are laid. These are omnivores like most Larus gulls, and they will eat fish, insects, molluscs, starfish, offal, scraps, eggs, small birds, small mammals and carrion as well as seeds, berries and grains. Conservation status
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
IUCN Red List IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
IUCN. 2015: e.T62030608A83943414. Retrieved 6 May 2016. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Sighted: (Date of first photo that I could use) 11 August 2018 Location: Llanddulas, at the beach next to the mouth of River Dulas, UK  Glaucous Gull
Llanddulas, at the beach next to the mouth of River Dulas, UK - 16 August 2018  Glaucous Gull
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