Ross's Gull
Rhodostethia rosea (MacGillivray, W, 1824)
Laridae — Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Ross's Gull, Rhodostethia rosea, breeds in the Palearctic and North America, with scattered records from western and eastern Greenland, north-east Siberia from the Taimyr Peninsula to the Kolyma River, and north-east Canada, with former breeding in Manitoba and eastern Canada. Outside the breeding season it occurs on the Arctic Ocean, including the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska and the Labrador Sea. It is a small gull and the only member of its genus. The bird takes its English name from the explorer James Clark Ross. Its scientific name refers to rose colouring, from Greek and Latin roots.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae — Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
- Breeding range
- Palearctic, North America: w, e Greenland (rare); Arctic ne Siberia, locally from Taimyr Pen. to Kolyma River; Arctic ne Canada and formerly Churchill, Manitoba (wc Hudson Bay, ec Canada)
- Nonbreeding range
- Arctic Ocean, in Beaufort (n of Alaska) and Labrador seas (at least)
