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Ivory gull

Pagophila eburnea (Phipps, 1774)

NTNear Threatenedbirds

The ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) is a species in the family Laridae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 507 g to 617 g and live up to 17 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea)
Photo: jomilo75 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the ivory gull

Weight
507 g – 617 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
1.04 m – 1.18 msrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
17 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
23.9 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
marinesrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
25 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
1.75src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
2 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the ivory gull?

IVORY GULL · WINGSPAN 1.18 MADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.18 m, the recorded maximum wingspan of the ivory gull is about 69% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the ivory gull live?

Not recorded

What is the ivory gull?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) is a small gull, the only species in the genus Pagophila. It is a resident breeding bird in the high Arctic and has a circumpolar distribution through Greenland, northernmost North America, and Eurasia.

From the Wikipedia article “Ivory gull” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ivory_gull&oldid=1380687541), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the ivory gull endangered?

The ivory gull is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species.

How is the ivory gull classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyLaridae
  6. genusPagophila
  7. SpeciesPagophila eburnea (Phipps, 1774)

Synonyms Gavia alba, Larus eburnea, Larus eburneus, Pagophila alba

Other names and names in other languages (71)
  • White gullEnglish
  • نورس عاجيArabic
  • Ağ qağayıAzerbaijani
  • Бяла чайкаBulgarian
  • Gouelan gwennBreton
  • Gavina rosadaCatalan
  • gavina d'ivoriCatalan
  • Ош колшӹреMari
  • racek sněžníCzech
  • gwylan iforiWelsh
  • Gwylanod IforiWelsh
  • ismågeDanish
  • ElfenbeinmöweGerman
  • ΧιονόγλαροςGreek
  • Γλάρος της ΑρκτικήςGreek
  • EburmevoEsperanto
  • ebura mevoEsperanto
  • gaviota de marfilSpanish
  • Gaviota marfileñaSpanish
  • vandelkajakasEstonian
  • Boli-kaioBasque
  • jäälokkiFinnish
  • ÍsmásiFaroese
  • Mouette ivoireFrench
  • Goéland sénateurFrench
  • Mouette blancheFrench
  • IvoarmiuwWestern Frisian
  • Faoileán eabhairIrish
  • Faoileán eabharthaIrish
  • Gaivota marfilGalician
  • Foillan iuaagaghManx
  • שחף שנהבHebrew
  • bijeli galebCroatian
  • hósirályHungarian
  • Սպիտակ որորArmenian
  • NowyaharsukInuktitut
  • ÍsmáfurIcelandic
  • Gabbiano eburneoItalian
  • ゾウゲカモメJapanese
  • 象牙鴎Japanese
  • zougekamomeJapanese
  • თეთრი თოლიაGeorgian
  • NaajavaarsukKalaallisut
  • 북극흰갈매기Korean
  • snieginis kirasLithuanian
  • sniega kaijaLatvian
  • ഐവറി ഗൾMalayalam
  • Цагаан цахлайMongolian
  • Hakʼaz tónteel tsídii łigaaígííNavajo
  • ismåkeNorwegian Bokmål
  • ivoormeeuwDutch
  • ismåseNorwegian Nynorsk
  • mewa modrodziobaPolish
  • bái-ōupny
  • xiàngyá ōupny
  • gaivota-marfimPortuguese
  • Белая чайкаRussian
  • чайка белаяRussian
  • ÁbirievssatNorthern Sami
  • čajka bielaSlovak
  • beli galebSlovenian
  • ismåsSwedish
  • Ak MartıTurkish
  • pembe gagalı martıTurkish
  • Ак ак-кускунTuvinian
  • Біла чайкаUkrainian
  • Мартин білийUkrainian
  • Mòng biển trắng ngàVietnamese
  • 白鷗Chinese
  • 白鸥Chinese
  • 象牙鷗Chinese

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Relatives of the ivory gull

Other species in the same family Laridae.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the ivory gull?

An adult ivory gull weighs 507 g – 617 g and has a wingspan of 1.04 m – 1.18 m, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the ivory gull endangered?

The ivory gull is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

How long does the ivory gull live?

The ivory gull has a recorded lifespan of 17 years.

What kind of animal is the ivory gull?

The ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) belongs to the family Laridae in the order Charadriiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ivory-gull

MLA

“Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ivory-gull.

BibTeX
@misc{ivory_gull_2026,
  title = {Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ivory-gull},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}