Ross' gull

The Ross's Gull, Rhodostethia rosea, is a small gull, the only species in its genus, although it has been suggested it should be moved to the genus Hydrocoloeus, which otherwise only includes the Little Gull.

The Ross' gull is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The search for Ross' Gull took initial priority and we made several stops along the Churchill River looking for favoured feeding areas. Little Gull, Fox Sparrow, Surf, Black and White-winged Scoters and gulls were amongst the treats along the river as, initially at least, "Mr. Ross" proved hard to find. More

Three years earlier, Ross' Gull had been virtually unknown to North American birders: a diminutive, pink gull with a black necklace that lived in Siberia. Exquisite and mysterious. But in the winter of 1975, a Ross' Gull had appeared in Newburyport, Massachusetts. The events that followed its discovery - the convergence of thousands of birders from all over the world, video aired on national news programs, photographs in the New York Times and Time magazine - catapulted birding into the public eye. More