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Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei)

Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)
Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)

About Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Shorebirds and Allies
  • Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

The slender-billed gull is a mid-sized gull which breeds very locally around the Mediterranean and the north of the western Indian Ocean on islands and coastal lagoons. Most of the population is somewhat migratory, wintering further south to as far as North Africa and India. A few birds have wandered to western Europe. A vagrant individual was reportedly seen on Antigua, April 24, 1976.

Source: Wikipedia

Visits

  • 2006-03-23

    Sultan's Marsh Bird Paradise, Turkey
    Image from 2006-03-23
  • 2017-01-15

    Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates
  • 2025-02-20

    Oued Sous, Morocco
  • 2025-02-21

    Oued Massa, Morocco