Gulls (Laridae)
Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus) - HBW 3, p. 621
French: Mouette à queue fourchue
German: Gabelschwanzmöwe
Spanish: Gaviota Tijereta
Taxonomy: Larus furcatus Néboux, 1846, Monterey, California (error = Galapagos).
Morphometric analysis consistently shows this to be a particularly distinctive species. Monotypic.
Distribution: Galapagos, mainly in E half of archipelago; also Malpelo I, off W Colombia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A full-grown chick on the beach Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 19 August 2005 5 years ago 19 sec 4.9 -
A group of birds on the rocks Locality Española, Galapagos Islands (Monotypic species)
Peter van Dam 2 June 2005 5 years ago 52 sec 4.9 -
A pair and a chick Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands
Pascal Vagner 12 May 2012 23 weeks ago 35 sec 4.8 -
A pair copulating on the beach Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 19 August 2005 5 years ago 29 sec 4.8 -
A pair showing allopreening Locality Plaza Sur, Galapagos Islands (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 20 August 2005 5 years ago 31 sec 4.8 -
A member of a pair resting and the other showing allopreening Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 19 August 2005 5 years ago 28 sec 4.7
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The bird try to protect the baby against the sun
Locality Galapagos Islands
raniero massoli-novelli 1 May 2005 2 years ago 4.3 -
A bird displaying and calling.
Locality Plaza Sur, Galapagos Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 August 1992 19 weeks ago 4 -
An adult with baby
Locality Galapagos Islands
raniero massoli-novelli 1 May 2005 1 year ago 4 -
Bird on the nest.
Locality Plaza Sur, Galapagos Islands
Sergey Pisarevsky 16 March 2012 47 weeks ago 3.8 -
A pair in love
Locality Galapagos Islands
raniero massoli-novelli 1 May 2005 2 years ago 3.6 -
a bird standing on a rocky beach
Locality Galapagos Islands
marianhw 1 September 2008 3 years ago 3.4
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