Like many other gulls, Iceland Gulls have several calls. One known as the “main call” is a repeated series of two-parted “kee-ya” notes. It’s often used as an alarm call, and at nest colonies can spur the entire colony to plunge off their high cliff nests into the air. The “long call” is similar to (but shriller than) the classic, repeated series of calls that Herring Gulls give from dock pilings. They also give various shorter barking or mewing calls when taking flight or settling into the nest.