Field Guide for Greenlandic Birds

http://www.nhptv.org/wild/glaucousgull.asp

Scientific:
Larus hyperboreus

Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Laridae
Genus:
Larus

Danish: Gråmåge

Greenlandic: Naaja, Naajarujussuaq, Nowyah

Length: 26.8 in (68 cm)

Weight: 44.1-95.2 oz (1250-2700 g)

Wingspan: 58.7-71.7 in (149-182 cm)

Stein Ø. Nilsen, XC180421. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/180421

References:

Avibase The World Bird Database (2018)  Larus hyperborean.

BirdLife International (2018) Species factsheet: Larus hyperboreus.

Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.

Weiser, Emily and H. Grant Gilchrist. 2012. Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

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