Rhodostethia rosea ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY: LARIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
© Michael Harvey
A small, dove-like gull, the pink Ross's Gull is rarely seen outside of the Arctic. It was unknown in the continental United States until an individual appeared in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1975, but sightings now occur nearly every year.
Vagrants usually silent, but may give soft, high-pitched "kew."