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Sabine’s Gull Larus sabini [Sabine, 1819]
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Laridae
BTO Codes:
AB, SABGU
EURING No:
5790
Number in Britain:
140 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK:
Not Assessed
European:
Not a species of concern
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Passage Visitor
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
30 cm
Wingspan:
95 cm
Weight:
M/F: 190 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: laros =a seabird
and after Gen Sir Edward Sabine (1788-1883) English scientist and explorer
World Distribution:
BREEDS: Greenland, Spitsbergen, n Russia & n North America, WINTERS: tropical e Pacific & Atlantic oceans
Habitat:
Coastal wet meadows, otherwise pelagic
Diet:
Mostly invertebrates and small fish
Records and Distribution
First Record:
1822
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Distribution by County
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Gaelic:
Welsh:
Gwylan Sabine
Danish:
Sabinemåge
Dutch:
Vorkstaartmeeuw
Finnish:
Tiiralokki
French:
Mouette de Sabine
German:
Schwalbenmöwe
Hungarian:
Fecskesirály
Icelandic:
Þernumáfur
Irish:
Sléibhín Sabine
Italian:
Gabbiano di Sabine
Norwegian:
Sabinemåke
Polish:
Mewa obrozna
Portuguese:
Gaivota de Sabine
Spanish:
Gaviota de Sabine
Swedish:
Tärnmås
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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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