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Colloquial names from Newfoundland include slob gull (from "slob", a local name for drift ice) and ice partridge, from a vague resemblance to a ptarmigan.

Description

The ivory gull is 40 - 43 cm long, with a wingspan of 108 - 120 cm; males weigh between 500 - 687 g and females between 448 - 583 g.

This species is easy to identify. It has a different, more pigeon-like shape compared to the Larus gulls, an impression reinforced by its short

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