Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini), Ross's Gull (Rhodostethia rosea) and Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea) Gulls in the Arctic: A Review

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Blomqvist, Sven, Elander, Magnus
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1981
• Subjects: Animal behaviour; Animal distribution; Animal migration; Gulls; Arctic regions; Arctic; Canada; Devon Island; Greenland; Peary; Peary Land; Taymyr; Churchill; Disko Bay; East Greenland; ivory gull; Pagophila eburnea; Sabine's Gull; Taymyr Peninsula; Xema sabini; Alaska; Siberia
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65565

The earliest information on Sabine's gull, Ross's gull and Ivory gull was collected by several heroic arctic explorers during the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. Ross's gull was discovered in northern Canada in 1823 by James C. Ross and Sabine's gull in nor...