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;[[: Category:Leucophaeus|Leucophaeus]] modestus | ;[[: Category:Leucophaeus|Leucophaeus]] modestus | ||
''Larus modestus'' | ''Larus modestus'' | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 45 cm | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | This smart-looking small gull is endemic to areas where it has access to the Humboldt Current off western [[South America]]. | + | This smart-looking small gull is endemic to areas where it has access to the Humboldt Current off western [[South America]]: found in [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]] and [[Chile]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | This is a monotypic species, which is sometimes placed in genus ''[[:Category:Larus|Larus]]''. | + | [[Image:10884IMG 1894 Larus modestus-juv.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|BirdsPeru|BirdsPeru}}<br />Lima, [[Peru]], October 2005 ]] |
| + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>, which is sometimes placed in genus ''[[:Category:Larus|Larus]]''. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Rocky coasts. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | Their diet consists mostly of mole crabs; also fish and offal. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug13}}#Avibase | ||
| + | #Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014) | ||
| + | #BF Member observations | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | {{GSearch| | + | {{GSearch|Gull+modestus}} |
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Larus]] [[Category:Leucophaeus]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Larus]] [[Category:Leucophaeus]] | ||
Revision as of 20:03, 1 June 2014
- Leucophaeus modestus
Larus modestus
Identification
45 cm
Distribution
This smart-looking small gull is endemic to areas where it has access to the Humboldt Current off western South America: found in Ecuador, Peru and Chile.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1], which is sometimes placed in genus Larus.
Habitat
Rocky coasts.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of mole crabs; also fish and offal.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Gray Gull. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Gray_Gull
