Bonaparte’s Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia [Ord, 1815] |
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family: Laridae |
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BTO Codes:
ON, BONGU
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EURING No: 5810 | |
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Number in Britain:
3 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
29 cm
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Wingspan: 95 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 210 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: kroikos=coloured + kephale=head and after Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: N North America, WINTERS: south to Mexico |
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Habitat:
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Coniferous woodland, winter coasts, lakes, marshes |
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Diet:
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Small fish, crustaceans and insects |
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TitBit:
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The name honours Charles Lucien Bonaparte, who made important contributions to American ornithology, it is also the only gull to nest regularly in trees. |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Clyde, 1850 (Down, 1848)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
125
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Any month
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Argyll
(1975),
Angus & Dundee
(2007),
Clyde
(1850),
Fife
(2006),
Highland
(2004),
Lothian
(1998),
Moray & Nairn
(2007),
Northeast
(2007),
Outer Hebrides
(2007),
Shetland
(2005),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(2006),
Durham
(1987),
Northumberland
(2006),
East Yorkshire
(1999),
North Yorkshire
(1969),
West Yorkshire
(2003),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
(2004),
Lancashire
(2001),
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English Midlands:
Derbyshire
(2000),
Staffordshire
(1996),
Warwickshire
(1992),
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Eastern England:
Essex
(1994),
Norfolk
(2007),
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South-east England:
Hampshire
(2003),
Kent
(2001),
Greater London
(1983),
Oxfordshire
(2007),
Surrey
(1983),
East Sussex
(1951),
West Sussex
(2002),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(2006),
Devon
(2007),
Dorset
(2006),
Gloucestershire
(2006),
Somerset
(2006),
Isles of Scilly
(2006),
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Wales:
Anglesey
(1998),
Ceredigion
(2004),
Caernarfonshire
(1984),
Flintshire
(1994),
Glamorgan
(2006),
Gower
(2004),
Pembrokeshire
(1997),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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Previously Larus philadelphia
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: Gwylan Bonaparte |
| Danish: Bonapartemåge | Dutch: Kleine Kokmeeuw |
| Finnish: Mustahuppulokki | French: Mouette de Bonaparte |
| German: Bonapartenmöwe | Hungarian: Bonaparte sirálya |
| Icelandic: Trjámáfur | Irish: Sléibhín Bonaparte |
| Italian: Gabbiano di Bonaparte | Norwegian: Kanadahettemåke |
| Polish: Mewa kanadyjska | Portuguese: Gaviota de Bonaparte |
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Spanish:
Gaviota de Bonaparte
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Swedish: Trädmås |
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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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