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Alderfer, J. 2006. Complete birds of North America. National Geographic Society, Washington.

BirdLife International. 2015. European Red List of Birds. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

Burger, J., and Gochfeld, M. 1996. Family Laridae (Gulls). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, J., and Sargatal, J. (eds), Handbook of the birds of the world, Vol. 3: Hoatzins to auks, pp. 572-623. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Butcher, G. S.; Niven, D. K. 2007. Combining data from the Christmas bird count and the breeding bird survey to determine the continental status and trends of North American birds.

del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. 1996. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 3: Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

Gaston, A. J. 1991. Seabirds of Hudson Strait, Hudson Bay and adjacent waters. In: Croxall, J. P. (ed.), Seabird status and conservation: a supplement, pp. 7-16. International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge.

Godfrey, W. E. 1979. The birds of Canada. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa.

IUCN. 2018. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2018-2. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 15 November 2018).

IUCN. 2019. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2019-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 December 2019).

Olsen, K. M.; Larsson, H. 2003. Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America. Christopher Helm, London.

Richards, A. 1990. Seabirds of the northern hemisphere. Dragon's World Ltd, Limpsfield, U.K.

Sibley, D. 2003. Field guide to the birds of western North America. Christopher Helm, London.

Snow, D.W.; Perrins, C.M. 1998. The Birds of the Western Palearctic, Volume 1: Non-Passerines. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Wetlands International. 2015. Waterbird Population Estimates. Available at: https://wpe.wetlands.org. (Accessed: 17/09/2015).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Species factsheet: Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/iceland-gull-larus-glaucoides on 08/01/2025.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2025) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 08/01/2025.