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Ross’s Gull

(Rhodostethia rosea), also rosy gull, a bird of the family Laridae. The body length is approximately 35 cm. The upper part of the wings and the back are blue-gray, and the head, chest, and abdomen are pink. There is a narrow black collar on the neck. The bill is black, and the legs red.

Ross’s gull is found in northeastern Siberia (from the lana River to the western edge of the Chukchi Peninsula) and in western Greenland. In the winter the bird migrates to the open waters of the Arctic Ocean, sometimes reaching the North Atlantic and the Bering Sea. It nests along lakeshores in the tundra and forest tundra. A clutch contains three or, less often, two eggs, which are incubated approximately three weeks. Ross’s gull feeds on insects, small mollusks, and—during migration—fish and crustaceans.

References in periodicals archive

Key words: Ross's Gull; Rhodostethia rosea, courtship; Arctic; isolation; breeding

Observations of heterospecific courtship behaviour in an isolated population of Ross's Gulls (Rhodostethia rosea)

Further afield the Ross's gull still visits Lytham St Annes.

LAZY Pete sprawled on the bare earth

The endangered Ross's Gull blew in accidentally from the Arctic in severe gales two weeks ago.

Now that's a rare burd!

And to remind everyone that just about anything can happen, February 10 saw the brief visit of a ross's gull to Glamorgan.

Down to Earth with Mr Moon

-A ROSS'S Gull from the Canadian Arctic is making a lengthy stay on the Plym Estuary in Plymouth, Devon.

Pets and their people: Hammering out their differences; BIRDWATCH

Sturdy birders from around the nation and Canada try to visit this area at least once in their lifetimes hoping to see such exotics as slaty-backed gulls from Asia, Ross's gull from the Arctic, black-headed gulls from Europe, black-legged kittiwakes from the Atlantic Ocean, and California gulls from, well, California.

GULLS

As the column goes to press, the black winged stilts are still at Neumann's Flash in Cheshire, and the Ross's gull continues to delight visitors to Lytham St Annes.

John Dempsey on country matters ... country

MANY rarities have been spotted in March, including a Siberian Pine Bunting in Yorkshire and a Ross's Gull from the Arctic in Scotland.

Pets and their people: Birdwatch - Long day's journey into flight

Published accounts list only four breeding sites for Ross's gull (Rhodostethia rosea) in North America, but the discovery of additional breeding sites in Queen's Channel, Nunavut, adds to growing evidence that this species is established as a regular breeder in the Canadian High Arctic despite its current status as a Threatened Species in Canada.

Breeding habitats and new breeding locations for Ross's gull (Rhodostethia rosea) in the Canadian High Arctic

An adult Ross's gull reported from Martin Mere at Blackpool on Monday may not have been a summer migrant, but this is a peak time for this enigmatic arctic rarity to show up - if only it could find its way to Wheatear Corner...

country: John Dempsey on country matters ..

-BIRDWATCHERS in Ireland have been treated to the rare sight of a Ross's Gull from the Canadian Arctic.

Pets and their people: Stonechats get a taste for low-life; BIRDWATCH

This review summarizes breeding records of Ross's gull in Greenland with special emphasis on the period between 1979 and 2007.

Ross's gulls (Rhodostethia rosea) breeding in Greenland: a review, with special emphasis on records from 1979 to 2007