Glaucous Gulls, Larus hyperboreus, flying over an iceberg around the glacier Burgerbukta, Svalbard. Expedition cruise vessel Greg Mortimer in Svalbard
Glaucous Gulls, Larus hyperboreus, flying over an iceberg around the glacier Burgerbukta, Svalbard. Expedition cruise vessel Greg Mortimer in Svalbard archipelago, Arctic Norway. The glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) is a large gull, the second-largest gull in the world. It breeds in Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and winters south to shores of the Holarctic. 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
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