Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini [Sabine, 1819] |
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family: Laridae |
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BTO Codes:
AB, SABGU
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EURING No: 5790 | |
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Number in Britain:
140 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Passage Visitor
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
30 cm
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Wingspan: 95 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 190 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: laros=a seabird and after Gen Sir Edward Sabine (1788-1883) English scientist and explorer |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: Greenland, Spitsbergen, n Russia & n North America, WINTERS: tropical e Pacific & Atlantic oceans |
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Habitat:
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Coastal wet meadows, otherwise pelagic |
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Diet:
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Mostly invertebrates and small fish |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Pembroke, 1839 (Antrim, 1822)
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Summary of Annual Totals
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Distribution by County
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: Gwylan Sabine |
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Danish:
Sabinemåge
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Dutch: Vorkstaartmeeuw |
| Finnish: Tiiralokki | French: Mouette de Sabine |
| German: Schwalbenmöwe | Hungarian: Fecskesirály |
| Icelandic: Þernumáfur |
Irish:
Sléibhín Sabine
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| Italian: Gabbiano di Sabine | Norwegian: Sabinemåke |
| Polish: Mewa obrozna | Portuguese: Gaivota de Sabine |
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Spanish:
Gaviota de Sabine
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Swedish: Tärnmås |
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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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