Pagophila eburnea ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY: LARIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Near Threatened
© 2004 Cornell Lab of Ornithology
A small white gull of the high Arctic, the Ivory Gull only rarely comes south of the Bering Sea or the Maritime Provinces. In fact, it rarely is found away from pack ice, spending the winter on the ice north of Newfoundland.
Call a harsh, discordant, and tern-like "keeuur."
The Allure of the Ivory Gull. Story and photos in Living Bird magazine.