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Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii   [Payraudeau, 1826]
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Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae
BTO Codes: , EURING No: 5880
Number in Britain: Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: 1 Global Conservation Concern; Localised
Global: Near Threatened ( Details )
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 50 cm Wingspan: 127 cm Weight: -    
Scientific name from: Gr.: laros=a seabird and after Jean Victoire Audouin (1797-1841), French naturalist and author
World Distribution: Islands in Mediterranean
Habitat: Seacoasts
Diet: Mostly fish, also invertebrates, small birds and plant material
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Kent, 2003 (Walker, D. 2004. British Birds 97:536-541)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 1 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: No Records
   North-east England: No Records
   North-west England: No Records
   English Midlands: No Records
   Eastern England: No Records
   South-east England: Kent (2003),
   South-west England: No Records
   Wales: No Records
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Other Names
Gaelic: Welsh:
Danish: Audouinsmåge Dutch: Audouins Meeuw
Finnish: Välimerenlokki French: Goéland d'Audouin
German: Korallenmöwe Hungarian: Korallsirály
Icelandic: Kóralmáfur Irish:
Italian: Gabbiano corso Norwegian: Audoumåke
Polish: Mewa sródziemnomorska Portuguese: Alcatraz de Audouin
Spanish: Gaviota de Audouin Swedish: Rödnäbadd trut
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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