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| Larus fuscus |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Family: Laridae |
Order: Charadriiformes |
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Lesser black-backed gull |
Goéland brun |
Gaviota sombria |
Heringsmöwe |
| Migration: intercontinental |
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leapfrog migration |
Migratory in most range. Shows leapfrog migration, with N populations moving farther to winter in tropics,
some covering 7500 km to equatorial Africa; many winter in Mediterranean, Red Sea and Persian Gulf, S to
Africa. N European breeders move to W & E Africa and Arabia, some wintering on Black and Caspian Seas.
Birds from W Europe and W Scandinavian move SW, some move SE, though numbers wintering in breeding
area have increased; British birds mainly winter off Iberia and Morocco, a few reaching Senegal coast. Siberian
race heuglini winters from Middle east and Red Sea E to Pakistan and India, with some reaching coast of
E Africa. Species is now regular through rare in North America, also wandering accidentally to Pacific
coast. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1996)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1996) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: Europe, North Africa, North Asia, South & Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West & Central
Asia |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |