Gulls (Laridae)
Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei) - HBW 3, p. 616
French: Goéland railleur
German: Dünnschnabelmöwe
Spanish: Gaviota Picofina
Taxonomy: Larus Geneï Brème, 1839, Sardinia.
Nearest relative uncertain: although white-headed, has display repertoire more like that of the hooded gulls, and possibly closest to L. bulleri. Formerly listed as L. gelastes. Monotypic.
Distribution: Widely scattered, isolated localities from Senegal, Mauritania, S & E Iberia through Mediterranean, Black Sea, Asia Minor and Middle East to E Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and NW India. Winters S to Horn of Africa.
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A bird on second calendar year standing close to Socotra Cormorants Locality Al Ruwais, Qatar (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 May 2008 3 years ago 29 sec 4.5 -
A bird looking for food. Locality Axios Delta, Central Macedonia Region, Greece
Theo Mamais 24 October 2010 1 year ago 1 min 13 sec 4.2 -
Big colony Locality Saint-Louis Region, Senegal
Pascal Vagner 2 April 2010 1 year ago 26 sec 4.1 -
swimming around Locality Salinas de Santa Pola Natural Park, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
Juan Sanabria 28 December 2010 29 weeks ago 41 sec 4 -
An adult standing on the sand Locality Ras, Dibba, Fujairah Emirate, United Arab Emirates (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 25 February 2008 3 years ago 7 sec 3.7 -
A bird feeding Locality Salines de la Trinitat, Ebro Delta, Tarragona Province, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Pedro Rubio 1994 9 years ago 10 sec 3.7
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With an itch
Locality Al Wakra Beach, Qatar
John A Thompson 19 May 2011 37 weeks ago 4.5 -
Larus genei
Locality Salinas de Marchamalo, Murcia, Spain
Conrado Requena Aznar 1 December 2007 2 years ago 4.5 -
In flight at Doha Port.
Locality Doha, Qatar (Monotypic species)
John A Thompson 5 January 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
In flight
Locality Doha, Qatar
John A Thompson 15 January 2010 1 year ago 4 -
In flight at Doha Port.
Locality Doha, Qatar (Monotypic species)
John A Thompson 8 February 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Three seagulls different plomatjes
Locality El Fangar, Ebro Delta, Tarragona Province, Catalonia, Spain
David Vilasís Boix 2 March 2011 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.5
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