Glaucous Gull · Larus hyperboreus · Gunnerus, 1767

Map Legend

Subspecies

Unclassified

  • No subspecies specified
  • In background of another recording

Credits

Ranges shown based on BirdLife International and NatureServe (2011), now curated and maintained by Xeno-canto.

Other Resources

Note: Xeno-canto follows the IOC taxonomy. External sites may use a different taxonomy.

Seasonal occurrence

  • Resident
  • Breeding
  • Non-breeding
  • Passage
  • Uncertain

63 foreground recordings and 36 background recordings of Larus hyperboreus . Total recording duration 1:07:39.

Results format:

Common name / Scientific Length Recordist Date Time Country Location Elev. (m) Type (predef. / other) Remarks Actions / Quality Cat.nr.
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 0:02 Wolbert Hermus 2020-01-04 09:00 Netherlands Vlissingen, Vlissingen, Zeeland0call

The Glaucous gull made this sound when it flew of, without opening his beak.

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XC522374
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 27:30 Stanislas Wroza 2018-07-25 10:00 Iceland Blönduós, Northwestern Region0alarm call, flight call, song

Sound trap in a mixed flock of Gulls.

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XC487999
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 0:18 Stanislas Wroza 2018-07-19 14:00 Iceland Westfjords Region0call, flight call, song, long call[sono]discuss icon
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XC487913
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 0:17 Stanislas Wroza 2018-07-17 22:00 Iceland Grundarfjörður0call, flight call, song[sono]discuss icon
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XC487689
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 0:15 Stanislas Wroza 2018-07-17 22:00 Iceland Grundarfjörður0call, flight call, song[sono]discuss icon
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XC487688
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 0:42 Stanislas Wroza 2018-07-17 22:00 Iceland Grundarfjörður0call, flight call, song[sono]discuss icon
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XC487687
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 0:45 Stanislas Wroza 2018-07-17 22:00 Iceland Grundarfjörður0call, flight call, song[sono]discuss icon
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XC487686
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 0:08 Stanislas Wroza 2018-07-17 22:00 Iceland Grundarfjörður0call, flight call, song[sono]discuss icon
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XC487685
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 0:25 Stanislas Wroza 2018-07-17 22:00 Iceland Grundarfjörður0call, flight call, song[sono]discuss icon
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Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 0:20 Stanislas Wroza 2018-07-17 22:00 Iceland Grundarfjörður0call, flight call, song[sono]discuss icon
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Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 0:38 Stanislas Wroza 2018-07-17 22:00 Iceland Grundarfjörður0call, flight call, song[sono]discuss icon
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XC487682
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 3:35 Stanislas Wroza 2018-07-17 22:00 Iceland Grundarfjörður0call, flight call, song[sono]discuss icon
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XC487681
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 1:18 Stanislas Wroza 2018-07-17 22:00 Iceland Grundarfjörður0call, flight call, song[sono]discuss icon
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XC487680
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 0:21 Stanislas Wroza 2018-07-17 22:00 Iceland Grundarfjörður0call, flight call, song[sono]discuss icon
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XC487679
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 1:11 Jorge de Leon Cardozo & Susan Hochgraf 2021-07-30 00:00 United States Gaswell Road, Utqiagvik, North Slope, Alaska10call

Two adult birds calling as they flew around, close overhead. Sun still up at midnight on the tundra.

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XC691190
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 0:57 Thomas Ryder Payne 2019-06-01 13:00 Canada Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick10call

Audio Technica AT875r. Mono. Fairly close single bird encounter.

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XC636430
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 0:40 Timo Janhonen 2018-07-01 13:00 Denmark Zackenberg Research Station, Greenland30alarm call, call, flight call

Breeding pair calling in flight at a nest site.

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XC514048
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 0:13 Maarten Sluijter 2019-11-27 09:34 Netherlands Vlissingen, Binnenhaven0call

2cy bird.

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XC508559
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus hyperboreus 0:14 Stein Ø. Nilsen 2018-06-03 06:00 Norway Longyearbyen, Svalbard20call, song

Zoom F4 Telinga Mk2 stereo

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Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 0:36 Stanislas Wroza 2018-07-24 07:30 Iceland Westfjords Region280alarm call, call, flight call[sono]discuss icon
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XC432754
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus barrovianus 0:27 Jarmo Pirhonen 2018-05-30 08:00 United States Safety Sound, Nome Census Area, Alaska0call

Adult calling (pair of Glaucous Gulls in small pond)

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Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 0:26 Patrik Åberg 2017-06-13 04:33 United States Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska0song[sono]discuss icon
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Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 0:42 Patrik Åberg 2017-06-06 19:35 United States Nome, Nome Census Area, Alaska0call [also] [sono]discuss icon
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Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus pallidissimus 1:33 Jens Kirkeby 2017-06-10 08:30 Russian Federation Ugolnye Kopi, Anadyrskiy rayon, Chukotskiy20alarm call, call

Breeding pair circling and warning.

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XC381983
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus barrovianus 1:49 Frank Lambert 2015-06-14 14:09 United States Barrow (beach), North Slope, Alaska0call

Large group congregating at remains of dead sea mammal (unidentified)

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Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus barrovianus 0:07 Frank Lambert 2015-06-13 00:35 United States Gaswell Road, Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska0flight call[sono]discuss icon
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Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus barrovianus 0:14 Frank Lambert 2015-06-13 00:36 United States Gaswell Road, Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska0flight call[sono]discuss icon
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XC276946
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 0:48 Andrew Spencer 2014-07-01 10:00 United States Dalton Highway, Pump Station 4 access road, North Slope Borough, Alaska750call

natural vocalizations; calls from an adult bird flying in circles over my head as I stood in very wet tundra adjacent to a large pond. I suspect that the bird had a nest on an island in the pond, and was alarmed by my presence.

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Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 1:02 Andrew Spencer 2014-06-14 21:00 United States Gaswell Road, Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska0call

natural vocalization; calls from a pair of birds (one much larger than the other) perched on open, wet tundra.

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XC203441
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 0:45 Stein Ø. Nilsen 2014-06-01 17:30 Norway Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen50flight call

+1C Overcast. 3 birds flying around and calling Zoom H6 Telinga stereo

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