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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perched second-summer Locality Abu Zenima, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 8 May 2004 46 weeks 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 46 weeks 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 46 weeks 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 46 weeks ago 24 sec 3 -
group on disused pier Locality Abu Zenima, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 8 May 2004 46 weeks ago 30 sec 2.5 -
group on disused pier Locality Abu Zenima, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 8 May 2004 46 weeks ago 42 sec 2.5
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Adult birds flying over the seashore
Locality Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt (Monotypic species)
Luis Mario Arce 13 June 2007 2 years ago 1.3
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