Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767

Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae Status: Vagrant to Madeira

Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus

Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus

Larus hyperboreus Biometrics

Wingspan: 150 - 165 cm (Beaman & Madge, 2011)
Total length: 62 - 67 cm (Beaman & Madge, 2011)
Weight: 1 - 2.1 kg (Hume, 2002)

Status

Madeira local status by Correia-Fagundes et al, 2021: Exceptional
Madeira local status by Romano et al, 2010: Exceptional
Madeira local status by Zino et al, 1995: Exceptional
Conservation status by the IUCN Red List Categories, 2013: Least Concern ver 3.1

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