Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
About the Glaucous Gull
The glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) is a large gull, the second-largest gull in the world. The genus name is from Latin larus, which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird. The specific name hyperboreus is Latin for "northern" from the Ancient Greek Huperboreoi people from the far north "Glaucous" is from Latin glaucus and denotes the grey colour of the gull. An older English name for this species is burgomaster. This gull breeds in Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and winters south to shores of the Holarctic. It 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.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 70 recordings for this species: 3 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusrecording
- California GullLarus californicusrecording
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnansrecording
- Common GullLarus canusrecording
- European Herring GullLarus argentatusrecording
- Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescensrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.