Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

Gulls

CHARADRIIFORMES

-Laridae

Larus hemprichii
Seacoasts.
Breeds on coasts and islands from the Red Sea in Sudan, Eritrea,
Djibouti, Somalia, Socotra I., Madagascar and the Mascarene Is.
Occurs as migrants or vagrants along other coasts of e Africa incl. Tanzania, Zanzibar and Pemba. Breeds e along coasts of Arabia,
Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman to Pakistan.
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-                     -Larus L. larus (uccello di mare avido)
          -hemprichii Friedrich Wilhelm Hemprich (1796-1825)
                naturalista tedesco, esploratore in Egitto ed Arabia
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Larus leucophthalmus
Seacoasts.
Coasts and islands of the Red Sea in Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Socotra I., Yemen and, at least formerly, the Gulf of Aden.
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- -leucophthalmus Gr.leukos (bianco) ophthalmos (occhi)
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Larus ichthyaetus
Shores and islands of inland seas and salt lakes.
Crimea, coast of Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Kirghiz steppes, se Altai, Pamir Mts., nw Mongolia and n China.
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-ichthyaetus Gr.ikhthus (pesce) aetos (aquila)
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Larus hemprichii

Sooty Gull

Uncommon

has bred:-

non breeding: Egyptian Red

Sea

Larus leucophthalmus

White-eyed Gull

Common, local

wanders: n.Suez, Israel

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Larus ichthyaetus

Pallas's Gull

[Great Black-headed Gull]

Locally common

has bred: Azerbaijan

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Larus melanocephalus
Steppe, coast, bays, marshes, lakes.
Locally in coastal areas from s British Isles and s Scandinavia s to s France, Italy and Greece, n Black Sea in Sea of Azov region.
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- -melanocephalus Gr. melas (nero) L.-ceps (capo, testa)
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Larus atricilla
Coasts, bays, estuaries.
Formerly on Salton Sea in sc Calif. Pacific coast of Sonora and Sinaloa; Atlantic-Gulf-Caribbean region from s New Brunswick and s Nova Scotia s to Florida and w to Texas, through W. Indies to Cayo Arcas and Alacrán Reef off Yucatán Pen., n Venezuela from Las Aves e to Tobago and French Guiana.
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Laughing Gulls wander far from their breeding grounds as vagrants in Europe, Hawaii, the Line Is., Samoa, Bikini Atoll, e Australia and Pitcairn Island (Wragg, G. 1994. Notornis 41:295-296).
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- -atricilla L. ater (nero) L.cilla (coda)
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Larus pipixcan
Prairie marshes.
From e Alberta, c Saskatchewan, sw Manitoba, e N. Dakota and w Minnesota s locally to s Calif., ec Oregon, s Idaho, nw Utah, nw Wyoming, ne S. Dakota and nw Iowa.
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-- pipixcan, (pipizcan) nome dato dagli indiani messicani a un non
identificato gabbiano, vedi: Historia Avium Novae Hispaniae
by Hernandez (1615) .
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