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| Larus hemprichii |
Bruch, 1853 |
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Family: Laridae |
Order: Charadriiformes |
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Sooty gull |
Goéland d'Hemprich |
Gaviota de Adén piquiverde |
Hemprichmöwe |
| Migration: range extension |
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Many remain in Red Sea throughout year. Post-breeding dispersal mainly S, sometimes as far as N Mozambique.
Common winter visitor to Kenya, less common in Zanzibar. Mainly summer visitor to Pakistan; common in
Karachi Port May-Jun, before dispersing to breed. (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: North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, West & Central Asia |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |