Ivory Gull

Inuktitut name - Naujaqpak or Naujavak

Colour - head and body white; legs black

Length - 37 to 42 cm

Shape - long wings

Behaviour - often associated with marine mammal carcasses, where it is an excellent scavenger; also eats small fish

Distribution - breeds on Seymour Island, north-west Baffin Island and Ellesmere Island; present in northern Baffin Bay in summer; migrates in fall to Davis Strait and then to pack ice off Labrador and Newfoundland

Sensitivity - see Sensitivity Information on the Birds - General Information page

Ivory Gull (39 KB)

Lancaster Sound Area Distribution Maps: Fall Scenario Spring (Ice Scenario 1)

Coronation Gulf Area Distribution Maps: See the Birds - General Information page.