Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls
Ivory Gull
Pagophila eburnea
NTNear Threatened
- Family
- Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls (Laridae)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Overview
The ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) is a small gull, the only species in the genus Pagophila. It is a resident breeding bird in the high Arctic and has a circumpolar distribution through Greenland, northernmost North America, and Eurasia.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds high Arctic islands from Greenland, Svalbard, Franz Josef Land eastward to Herald Island (northeastern Russia) and northern Canada; winters Arctic Ocean pack-ice edge to southeastern Labrador, Greenland, and Bering seas.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Ivory gull
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
