Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Larus glaucoides [glaucoides or kumlieni]

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Asturian: Gaviota groenlandesa (glaucoides)
Bulgarian: Малка белокрила чайка (ssp. glaucoides)
Catalan: Gavinot polar, Gavinot polar (glaucoides)
Czech: racek polární (ssp. glaucoides)
Danish: Hvidvinget Måge, Hvidvinget Måge, Almindelig (ssp. glaucoides)
German: Polarmöwe (glaucoides), Polarmöwe-glaucoides
Greek: Γλάρος της Ισλανδίας (glaucoides)
English: Greenland Iceland Gull, Iceland Gull, Iceland Gull (glaucoides)
English, HBW: Iceland Gull (glaucoides)
English (IOC): Iceland Gull (glaucoides)
English (United States): Iceland Gull (glaucoides)
Esperanto: blankflugila mevo
Spanish: Gaviota Groenlandesa (glaucoides)
Spanish (Spain): Gaviota Groenlandesa (glaucoides)
Spanish (HBW): Iceland Gull (glaucoides)
Spanish (Mexico): Gaviota de Groenlandia (glaucoides)
Basque: Kaio hegalzuria (glaucoides)
Finnish: grönlanninlokki (alalaji glaucoides), grönlanninlokki (glaucoides)
Faroese: Lítil valmási
French: Goéland arctique, Goéland arctique (forme nominale), Goéland arctique (glaucoides), Goéland arctique (nominal), Goéland arctique (nominale), Goéland arctique (race nominale)
Galician: Gaivota polar (glaucoides)
Hebrew: שחף איסלנדי (איסלנדי)
Hungarian: Sarki sirály (glaucoides)
Icelandic: Bjartmáfur (glaucoides)
Japanese (romaji): aisurandokamome (glaucoides)
Japanese: アイスランドカモメ (glaucoides), アイスランドカモメ（glaucoides）
Korean: 작은흰갈매기 (glaucoides)
Scientific: Larus glaucoides, Larus glaucoides glaucoides, Larus leucopterus, Larus leucopterus leucopterus
Lithuanian: Mažasis poliarinis kiras (glaucoides)
Latvian: Mazā polārkaija (glaucoides)
Dutch: Kleine Burgemeester (glaucoides)
Norwegian: Grønlandsmåke (glaucoides), Grønlandsmåke, underarten glaucoides
Polish: mewa polarna, mewa polarna (glaucoides), mewa polarna (ssp. glaucoides)
Portuguese (Portugal): Gaivota-branca (glaucoides), gaivota-polar (glaucoides)
Russian: Полярная чайка (glaucoides)
Slovak: čajka bielokrídla, čajka bielokrídla (skup.)
Slovenian: Polarni galeb (glaucoides)
Serbian: Islandski galeb (glaucoides)
Swedish: vitvingad trut (glaucoides)
Turkish: Grönland Martısı (glaucoides)