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Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus [Pallas, 1776]
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Trends & Distribution
Breeding & Survival
Biometrics
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Laridae
BTO Codes:
LU , LITGU
EURING No:
5780
Number in Britain:
Unavailable
Conservation Status:
UK:
GREEN
European:
3 Concern, most not in Europe; Depleted
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
26 cm
Wingspan:
78 cm
Weight:
M/F: 120 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: laros =a seabird
and L.: minutus =small
World Distribution:
BREEDS: n Eurasia, ne North America, WINTERS: south to s Europe & n US
Habitat:
Grassy marsh, in winter estuaries, lakes & fields
Diet:
Summer, mostly insects, Winter, mostly fish and marine invertebrates
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
No population trend available
Distribution:
New Atlas )
British Population Size:
Passage:
. individuals
First Record:
1813
First Breeding Record:
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk 1975
Latest Survey:
Mitchell, P.I. et al. 2004 Seabird populations of Britain and Ireland Poyser, London
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
Summer:
14 to 28 thousand pairs
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WCA(I), Bern(III)
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
42 x 30 mm
Egg Weight:
19.7 g (of which 5 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
0
Clutch Size:
2 - 3 eggs
Incubation:
23 - 25 days
by the:
Male + Female
Fledging:
21 - 24 days
as:
Semi-precocial, downy
First Clutches Laid:
Unavailable
Number of Broods:
1
Number Ringed:
1
Adult Survival:
No data
Juvenile Survival:
No data
Age at First Breeding:
Typical Lifespan:
No data
Maximum Recorded Age:
10yr11m
(Finland: 20yr 11m)
Biometrics
Ring Size:
C2
Wing Length
Adult:
Insufficient Data.
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data.
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Weight
Adult:
Insufficient Data.
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data.
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Other Names
Previously Larus minutus
Gaelic:
Faoileag-bheag
Welsh:
Gwylan Fechan
Danish:
Dværgmåge
Dutch:
Dwergmeeuw
Finnish:
Pikkulokki
French:
Mouette pygmée
German:
Zwergmöwe
Hungarian:
Kis sirály
Icelandic:
Dvergmáfur
Irish:
Sléibhín Beag
Italian:
Gabbianello
Norwegian:
Dvergmåke
Polish:
Mewa mala
Portuguese:
Gaivota-pequena
Spanish:
Gaviota enana
Swedish:
Dvärgmås
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Books and Monographs:
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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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