Ross's Gull
Rhodostethia rosea(MacGillivray, W, 1824)
English (US) Ross's Gull
The Ross's Gull (Rhodostethia rosea) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Laridae (Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds western and eastern Greenland (rare), Arctic northeastern Siberia, locally from Taimyr Peninsula to Kolyma River, Arctic northeastern Canada and formerly Churchill, Manitoba (west-central Hudson Bay, east-central Canada); winters Arctic Ocean, in Beaufort (north of Alaska) and Labrador seas (at least)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rhodostethia rosea
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Ross's Gull
- Described by
- (MacGillivray, W, 1824)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Larus roseus
- Described by
- (MacGillivray, W, 1824)
- Type locality
- No locality = Melville Peninsula, based on specimen taken there on Parry's second voyage.
- Original description
- Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 5, pt.1 p.249
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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