Glaucous Gull

Larus hyperboreus

Its scientific name, hyperboreus, comes from the Hyperboreans, a people of Greek myth who lived 'beyond the north wind' in endless happiness. 'Glaucous' is from the Latin glaucus, for its pale gray color.

Larus is Latin for a gull or large seabird. Hyperboreus, 'northern,' comes from the Greek huper, 'beyond,' and Boreas, the god of the north wind.