Glaucous Gull Photo Gallery

Adult

Large gull with white wingtips and a hefty bill. Adults have a clean white head and pale gray back and wings.

Nonbreeding adult

Large and hefty gull with white wingtips. Nonbreeding birds have varying amounts of brown streaking on the head and neck.

Breeding adult and juveniles

Breeds near the coast in the Arctic, typically placing the nest in a shallow depression on a mound of grassy vegetation, or on a cliff ledge.

First winter

First-winter birds have a hefty bicolored bill and are heavily mottled tan and white.

First winter

First-winter birds have a hefty bicolored bill. Mottled in varying amounts of tan and white, paler than juveniles. Note white or mostly white wingtips.

First winter

First summer

First-summer birds are whitish above with white wingtips. Note bicolored bill.

Second winter

Second summer

Third winter

First winter

Young gulls can be heavily mottled tan and white or appear mostly white. White wingtips and hefty bicolored bill are the key field marks.

First winter

This individual has extensive tan and white mottling below, but it still has white wingtips and a hefty bicolored bill.