Gulls (Laridae)
Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini) - HBW 3, p. 621
French: Mouette de Sabine
German: Schwalbenmöwe
Spanish: Gaviota de Sabine
Taxonomy: Larus Sabini J. Sabine, 1819, Sabine Islands, near Melville Bay, west coast of Greenland.
Subspecific variation poorly marked, and species often considered monotypic. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- palaearctica Stegman, 1934 - Spitsbergen E to Taymyr Peninsula and Lena Delta.
- tschuktschorum Portenko, 1939 - Chukchi Peninsula.
- woznesenskii Portenko, 1939 - NE Siberia (Anadyr Gulf) to Alaska.
- sabini (J. Sabine, 1819) - Arctic Canada to W Greenland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A breeder foraging. Locality Lagoya, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp palaearctica)
Christophe Gouraud 11 July 2010 1 year ago 19 sec 4 -
An adult swimming Locality Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, Great Britain
Richard Johnson 27 June 2003 5 years ago 12 sec 3.9 -
An adult standing on rocks and then over a wall Locality Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, Great Britain
Richard Johnson 27 June 2003 5 years ago 47 sec 3.6 -
A breeder preening itself. Locality Lagoya, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp palaearctica)
Christophe Gouraud 11 July 2010 1 year ago 33 sec 3.6 -
A breeder foraging. Locality Lagoya, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp palaearctica)
Christophe Gouraud 11 July 2010 1 year ago 26 sec 3.5 -
An adult in breeding plumage flying over the wet tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
Laurent Demongin 8 July 2008 2 years ago 28 sec 3
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A breeding bird standing on the ground.
Locality Lagoya, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp palaearctica)
Christophe Gouraud 11 July 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
Two birds flying
Locality Wolf River, Anadyr, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia
auf 8 July 2006 1 year ago 4.3 -
One of two first-winter-plumaged Sabine's Gulls on a feedlot pond
Locality Manhattan, Kansas, USA (United States)
Dave Rintoul 18 September 2011 20 weeks ago 4.3 -
First-winter plumaged bird, with a flock of Franklin's Gulls
Locality Manhattan, Kansas, USA (United States)
Dave Rintoul 25 September 2011 19 weeks ago 4 -
A bredding bird flying.
Locality Lagoya, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp palaearctica)
Christophe Gouraud 11 July 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
A breeding bird foraging in a water-pond.
Locality Lagoya, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp palaearctica)
Christophe Gouraud 11 July 2010 1 year ago 3.4
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Territorial call Locality Pensthorpe Waterfowl Park, Fakenham, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
(ssp unknown)
Stuart Fisher 5 May 2001 2 years ago 4
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