Ross’s Gull (Rhodostethia rosea) Breeding in Penny Strait, Nunavut, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Mallory, Mark L., Gilchrist, H. Grant, Mallory, Carolyn L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: Ross’s gull; Rhodostethia rosea; Arctic; Canada; mouette rosée; Arctique; Découverte; Nunavut; Penny Strait; Arctique*; Sterna paradisaea
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63379

We found a small, previously undiscovered breeding colony of Ross’s gulls (Rhodostethia rosea) in Nunavut, Canada, approximately 80 km from a previous colony location occupied during the 1970s. The birds nested in association with arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea). The collective observations from th...