Dr. Buturlin describes his experience with a colony of these beautiful birds in eastern Siberia. On the tundra where ice remained all Summer below the mud, the hardy little "Rosy Gulls" raised their families. Males were noisy and hovered above him with angry cries but females soon accepted his presence and he found no difficulty in locating the nests. They are seldom seen in North America and are one of the rarest Gulls.
Arctic regions. Most abundant during Autumn migration at Point Barrow, Alaska.