Glaucous gull: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the glaucous gull lives – recorded in 21 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Larus hyperboreus
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	21 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe, North America
Mass	1.58 kg (male organism, adult weight); 1.25 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Laridae

Where does the glaucous gull live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the glaucous gull in 21 countries and territories across Asia, Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa. In Belgium it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a glaucous gull?

Wikidata records the following for the glaucous gull: mass 1.58 kg (male organism, adult weight); 1.25 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the glaucous gull endangered?

The glaucous gull’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the glaucous gull?

The glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Laridae, genus Larus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Glaucous gull (revision 1314389847), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q27375 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).