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Status of the endangered ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea, in Greenland

Gilg, Olivier ; Boertmann, David ; Merkel, Flemming ; Aebischer, Adrian ; Sabard, Brigitte

In: Polar Biology, 2009, vol. 32, no. 9, p. 1275-1286

The ivory gull, a rare high-Arctic species whose main habitat throughout the year is sea ice, is currently listed in Greenland as ‘Vulnerable’, and as ‘Endangered’ in Canada, where the population declined by 80% in 20 years. Despite this great concern, the status of the species in Greenland has been largely unknown as it breeds in remote areas and in colonies for which population data has...