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| Larus ridibundus |
Linnaeus, 1766 |
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Family: Laridae |
Order: Charadriiformes |
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Black-headed gull |
Mouette rieuse |
Gaviota reidora |
Lachmöwe |
N populations migratory, while lower latitude birds tend to be resident or dispersive. Most birds breeding in
Switzerland migrate to W Mediterranean; Scandinavian breeders migrate to Britain and many follow Atlantic
coast down to W Africa, but most birds wintering in Britain originate in Baltic republics. Abundant in N Africa
especially Egypt in winter; small numbers ascend R Nile; common visitor to Red Sea; uncommon along Rift
Valley and E African coast; winter range having extended to tropical Africa fairly recently. Asian birds winter S
to India, Malaysia and Philippines; fairly common migrant and winter visitor to Nepal. (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: East Asia, Europe, North Africa, North America, North Asia, South & Southeast Asia, Sub-
Saharan Africa, West & Central Asia |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |