Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus [Pallas, 1776] |
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family: Laridae |
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BTO Codes:
LU, LITGU
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EURING No: 5780 | |
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Number in Britain:
Unavailable
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
26 cm
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Wingspan: 78 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 120 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: laros=a seabird and L.: minutus=small |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: n Eurasia, ne North America, WINTERS: south to s Europe & n US |
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Habitat:
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Grassy marsh, in winter estuaries, lakes & fields |
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Diet:
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Summer, mostly insects, Winter, mostly fish and marine invertebrates |
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Population and Distribution |
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British Population Size:
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First Record:
1813
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First Breeding Record:
Cambridgeshire 1975
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Latest Survey:
Mitchell, P.I. et al. 2004 Seabird populations of Britain and Ireland Poyser, London
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Conservation Status:
AMBER
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Species of European Concern,
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Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
GREEN
1996-2001
AMBER
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Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
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European Population Size:
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Summer:
14 to 28 thousand pairs
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Distribution in Europe
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Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WCA(I), Bern(III)
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Breeding and Survival |
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Egg Size:
42 x 30 mm
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Egg Weight: 19.7 g (of which 5 % is shell) | ||
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Number of Nest Records:
0
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Clutch Size:
2 - 3 eggs
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Incubation:
23- 25 days
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by the: Male + Female |
Fledging:
21 - 24days
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Semi-precocial, downy
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First Clutches Laid:
Unavailable
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Number of Broods:
1
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Number Ringed:
1
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Adult Survival:
No data
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Juvenile Survival:
No data
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Age at First Breeding:
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Typical Lifespan:
No data
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Maximum Recorded Age:
10 years 11 months 12 days (set in 1991)
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Summary of Ringing Recoveries
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Biometrics |
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Ring Size:
C2
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Other Names |
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Previously Larus minutus
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| Gaelic: Faoileag-bheag | Welsh: Gwylan Fechan |
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Danish:
Dværgmåge
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Dutch: Dwergmeeuw |
| Finnish: Pikkulokki | French: Mouette pygmée |
| German: Zwergmöwe | Hungarian: Kis sirály |
| Icelandic: Dvergmáfur |
Irish:
Sléibhín Beag
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| Italian: Gabbianello | Norwegian: Dvergmåke |
| Polish: Mewa mala | Portuguese: Gaivota-pequena |
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Spanish:
Gaviota enana
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Swedish: Dvärgmås |
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Find scientific papers on  Google Scholar
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead
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