Ross’s Gull (Rhodostethia rosea) COSEWIC assessment and status report
Official title: COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Ross’s Gull Rhodostethia rosea in Canada
Table of contents
- Assessment Summary
- Executive Summary
- COSEWIC History, Mandate, Membership and Definitions
- List of Figures
- Species Information
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Biology
- Population Sizes and Trends
- Limiting Factors and Threats
- Special Significance of the Species
- Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge
- Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
- Technical Summary
- Acknowledgements and Authorities Consulted
- Information Sources and Biographical Summary of the Report Writer
COSEWIC
Assessment and Update Status Report
on the
Ross’s Gull
Rhodostethia Rosea
in Canada
Threatened
2007
COSEWIC
Committee on the Status
of Endangered Wildlife
in Canada
COSEPAC
Comité sur la situation
des espèces en péril
au Canada
COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:
COSEWIC 2007. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Ross’s Gull Rhodostethia rosea in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vii + 24 pp.
(Species at Risk Status Reports)
Previous Reports:
COSEWIC 2001. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Ross’s Gull Rhodostethia rosea in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 13 pp.
(Species at Risk Status Reports)
Alvo, R., D. McRae, S. Holohan and G. Divoky. 1996. Update COSEWIC status report on the Ross’s Gull Rhodostethia rosea in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 1-15 pp.
Macey, A. 1981. COSEWIC status report on the Ross’s Gull Rhodostethia rosea in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 1-20 pp.
COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Richard Knaptonfor writing the update status report on the Ross’s Gull Rhodostethia rosea in Canada, prepared under contract with Environment Canada, overseen and edited by Dr. Marty L. Leonard, Co-chair, COSEWIC Birds Species Specialist Subcommittee.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa ON K1A 0H3
Tel.: 819–953–3215
Fax: 819–994–3684
E-mail: COSEWIC/COSEPAC@ec.gc.ca
http://www.cosewic.gc.ca
Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur la Mouette rosée (Rhodostethia rosea) au Canada – Mise à jour.
Cover illustration:
Ross's Gull -- Photograph provided by Christian Artuso.
© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2007
Catalogue No.: CW69-14/14-2007E-PDF
ISBN: 978-0-662-45989-7
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