Ivory gull

Common Name: Ivory gull

Scientific Name: Pagophila eburnea

OSPAR Regions where it occurs: I

OSPAR Regions where under threat and/or in decline: I

Description: The ivory gull breeds mainly on inaccessible cliffs, and low rocks or flat shorelines, foraging on broken ice fields.Outside the breeding season, it normally avoids ice-free waters, being closely associated with pack-ice, and favouring areas with 70 – 90% ice cover near the ice edge. It feeds mainly on fish, shrimps, shellfish, algae, carrion, offal and animal faeces.

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