Ivory gull

Ivory gull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Pagophila
Kaup, 1829
Species:
P. eburnea
Binomial name
Pagophila eburnea
(Phipps, 1774)
Synonyms
  • Larus eburneus Phipps, 1774
  • Pagophila alba Gunnerus

The ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) is a small gull, the only species in the genus Pagophila. It breeds in the high Arctic and has a circumpolar distribution through Greenland, northernmost North America, and Eurasia.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Pagophila eburnea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22694473A132555020. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22694473A132555020.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.