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Alaska Gap Analysis Project: Distribution Models for Terrestrial Vertebrate Species of Alaska
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Iceland Gull Annual Range

Habitat

Found along seacoasts, estuaries, bays, and dumps, less commonly on large inland lakes and rivers (AOU 1983). In winter will roost with other wintering gulls on offshore rocky islets, agricultural fields, beaches and spits (Campbell et al. 1990). Usually nests on cliffs facing sounds on arctic islands.

References

AOU. 1983. Check-list of North American birds. 6th ed.American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington D. C.

Campbell, R. W., N. K. Dawe, I. McTaggart-Cowan, J. M. Cooper, G. W. Kaiser, and M. C. E. McNall. 1990. The Birds of British Columbia. Vol. 1 and 2, Nonpasserines. UBC Press, Vancouver, B.C.

Project Reports

Final Report Species Atlas

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