Gulls (Laridae)
White-eyed Gull (Larus leucophthalmus) - HBW 3, p. 603
French: Goéland à iris blanc
German: Weißaugenmöwe
Spanish: Gaviota Ojiblanca
Taxonomy: Larus leucophthalmus Temminck, 1825, Red Sea coasts.
Morphometrically closest to L. hemprichii. Monotypic.
Distribution: Red Sea from Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba (Tiran) S into Gulf of Aden.
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Group (adults and juvs) eat fish also Sooty Gull with it. Locality Yanbu, Al Madinah Province, Saudi Arabia
mansorea 22 June 2012 48 weeks ago 3 min 4 -
adult and juvenile floating on the water. Locality Yanbu, Al Madinah Province, Saudi Arabia
mansorea 22 June 2012 48 weeks ago 53 sec 3.8 -
perched second-summer Locality Abu Zenima, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 8 May 2004 2 years ago 38 sec 3.2 -
second-summer flying away, perches on structure - note black in tail (when perched less well defined plumage and duller bare par Locality Abu Zenima, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
Martin Kennewell 8 May 2004 2 years ago 12 sec 3 -
second-summer in foreground, adult to rear and a first-winter, obscured in the background, which flies off - also a Lesser Crest Locality Abu Zenima, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 8 May 2004 2 years ago 23 sec 3 -
perched second-summer in foreground with an adult (and a Lesser Crested Tern) Locality Abu Zenima, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 8 May 2004 2 years ago 24 sec 3
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sea gull red sea
Locality Sudan
mohammmmad alamin khogaly... 28 weeks ago 3.5 -
winter adult
Locality Wadi Dome Marina Resort, Ain Sukhna, Suez Governorate, Egypt
Ingrid Steenbergen 1 January 2010 1 year ago 3.3 -
A juvenile flying at the Red Sea.
Locality Sudan
mohammmmad alamin khogaly... 27 weeks ago 2.8 -
Adult birds flying over the seashore
Locality Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt (Monotypic species)
Luis Mario Arce 13 June 2007 3 years ago 1.3
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