Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Larus [argentatus (sensu lato) or glaucoides] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

Asturian: Gaviota d'Islandia
Breton: Ar gouelan arc'hlas
Catalan: Gavinot polar
Catalan (Balears): Gavina polar
Czech: Racek polární
Welsh: Gwylan yr Arctig
Danish: Hvidvinget Måge
German: Polarmöwe
Greek: Ισλανδόγλαρος
English: Iceland Gull, Iceland or Thayer's Gull, Kumlien's Gull, Thayer's Gull, Thayer's/Iceland Gull, white-winged gull
English (IOC): Iceland Gull
Esperanto: blankflugila mevo
Spanish: Gaviota de Kumlien, gaviota de Thayer, Gaviota Esquimal, Gaviota Groenlandesa, Gaviota polar
Spanish (Spain): Gaviota Groenlandesa
Spanish (HBW): Iceland Gull
Spanish (Mexico): Gaviota de Groenlandia, gaviota de Thayer
Estonian: polaarkajakas
Basque: Gavinot polar, Kaio hegalzuria
Finnish: Grönlanninlokki
Faroese: Íslandsmási
French: Goéland à ailes blanches, Goéland arctique, Goéland arctique ou G. de Thayer, Goéland de Kumlien, Goéland de Thayer, Goéland de Thayer ou G. arctique
Irish: Faoileán Íoslannach
Gaelic: Faoileag Liath
Galician: Gaivota polar
Manx: Foillan Loughlinagh
Hebrew: שחף איסלנדי
Hungarian: Sarki sirály
Icelandic: Bjartmáfur
Italian: Gabbiano d'Islanda, Gabbiano islandico
Inuktitut: Naujaq
Japanese: aisurandokamome, kanadakamome/aisurandokamome
Japanese: アイスランドカモメ, カナダカモメ/アイスランドカモメ
Greenlandic: Naaja
Korean: 작은흰갈매기
Scientific: Larus [glaucoides or thayeri], Larus glaucoides, Larus glaucoides glaucoides, Larus leucopterus, Larus thayeri/glaucoides
Lithuanian: Mażasis poliarinis kiras, mažasis poliarinis kiras
Latvian: Mazā polārkaija
Moldavian: Pescăruș cu aripi albe
Dutch: Kleine Burgemeester, Thayers Meeuw/Kleine Burgemeester
Norwegian Nynorsk: Grønlandsmåse
Norwegian: Grønlandsmåke
Polish: mewa polarna
Portuguese: gaivota-branca, Gaivota-polar
Portuguese (Portugal): Gaivota-branca
Romanian: Pescăruş cu aripi albe
Russian: Полярная чайка
Slovak: čajka bielokrídla
Slovenian: polarni galeb
Serbian: Islandski galeb
Swedish: Vitvingad trut
Turkish: Grönland Martısı
Ukrainian: Мартин гренландський
Chinese: 冰岛鸥
Chinese (Traditional): 冰洲鷗