Gulls (Laridae)
Hartlaub's Gull (Larus hartlaubii) - HBW 3, p. 614
French: Mouette de Hartlaub
German: Hartlaubmöwe
Spanish: Gaviota Plateada Surafricana
Taxonomy: Larus (Gavia) Hartlaubii Bruch, 1853, Cape of Good Hope.
Little known and requiring substantial study. Forms superspecies with L. novaehollandiae and L. scopulinus; often treated as a race of the former, but now usually considered a separate species, closely related also to L. cirrocephalus and L. ridibundus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Coastal SW Africa, mainly from C Namibia (Swakopmund) to SW Cape Province (Dyer I).
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An individual standing and walking on rocks Locality Lambert's Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 July 2003 5 years ago 20 sec 4.4 -
A bird sitting on the ground Locality Cape Point, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 18 October 2002 9 years ago 27 sec 4.4 -
An adult walking along the shore Locality Cape Point, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 18 October 2002 9 years ago 24 sec 4.3 -
A bird on the beach Locality Walvis Bay, Erongo Region, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 21 January 2007 5 years ago 23 sec 4.3 -
An adult foraging on the ground and bracing itself against a strong wind Locality Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 21 September 2002 39 weeks ago 30 sec 4 -
An immature bird on the ground and then flying away Locality Cape Point, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 18 October 2002 9 years ago 9 sec 3.3
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A bird standing on rocks.
Locality Lambert's Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 15 October 2007 2 years ago 4 -
Adult perched on mooring post, Hout bay
Locality Western Cape Province, South Africa
Conan Guard 6 December 2008 4 years ago 4 -
On a rock
Locality Lambert's Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Guy Poisson 20 November 2012 21 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult showing wing pattern
Locality Kommetjie, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 27 March 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
Adult at Tsaarsbank.
Locality West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Martin Flack 20 October 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
An adult on the seashore
Locality Kommetjie, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 27 March 2011 1 year ago 3.8
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Screaming on rocks Locality Gansbaai, Western Cape Province, South Africa
maudoc 1 September 2012 29 weeks ago 4.7
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