Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

Gulls

CHARADRIIFORMES

-Laridae

Larus minutus
Grassy marshes.
From s Scandinavia and nw Russia s locally to Germany, Denmark, Romania, sc Russia, c Siberia e to L. Baikal, Transbaicalia, Yakutia, n Amurland and e Mongolia. Locally in ne Manitoba, n Wisconsin, n Michigan, s Ontario and s Quebec.
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Larus sabini
(Xema sabini)
Breeds in coastal wet meadows and grassy flats.
N Greenland, Spitsbergen and New Siberian Is., and n Russia and n Siberia from Taimyr Pen. e to Anadyrland. From n,w Alaska from Kotzebue Sound to Bristol Bay, nw Mackenzie, and Banks, Victoria, Bathurst, nw Devon and Bylot islands, s locally to King William, s Southampton and s Baffin is., and nw Keewatin.
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   - Xema Gr. xeme (insolito, curioso)
     sabini Generale Sir Edward Sabine (1788-1883), scienziato
     inglese e esploratore
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Larus philadelphia
Coniferous woods.
From w,c Alaska, c Yukon, nw,c Mackenzie and n Manitoba s to sc,se Alaska w to Alaska Pen., s British Columbia, c,sw Alberta, c Saskatchewan, s Manitoba, s James Bay in nw Ontario and w Quebec, se Quebec.
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Larus minutus

Little Gull

Common

has bred:-Britain-Germany

Romania-Armenia

Larus sabini

(Xema sabini)

Sabine's Gull

Uncommon, local

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Larus philadelphia

Bonaparte's Gull

Vagrant

w Europe - Azores

* no map

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Larus ridibundus
Lakes, rivers, bogs, moors, grassland, swamps, marshes.
From Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Is., c Scandinavia, n Russia and n Siberia e to Kolyma R., s locally to Spain, n Italy, Sardinia and Sicily, Turkey, nw Iran, Armenia, n Aral Sea, Altai, s Siberia e to Amurland, Ussuriland and Sakhalin; Kamchatka, nw China, nw,n Mongolia and Manchuria. Locally in Newfoundland, s Quebec on Madeleine I., and Monomoy I. off Massachusetts.
Winters s to c Africa, s Asia, Philippines, Palau, and in e N. America from Great Lakes s to Florida and, rarely, the W. Indies.
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- -ridibundus L. ridibundus (ridente, che ride)
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Larus cirrocephalus
Seacoasts, rivers, lakes.
Sw Mauritania, Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Lake Chad, e African lakes in Sudan, Ethiopia, and in Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, locally to s S. Africa, exc. Congo basin. Madagascar. Pacific coast of Peru; from Paraguay and s Brazil s to Uruguay and ne Argentina to s Buenos Aires.
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- -cirrocephalus L.cirrhus (grigio) Gr. -kephalos (capo)
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Larus genei
Coasts, lakes, lagoons, marshes. Mauritania, Senegambia and sw Morocco; s,e Spain, s France, Sardinia, n Italy, Greece, n Black Sea, n,e Caspian Sea, n Kazakhstan, Aral Sea, Lake Balkash, Turkey, ne Egypt and Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman e to Pakistan in Sind.
Winters in Canary Is., Mediterranean, Black and Red seas, s to East Africa, and along coasts near breeding areas.
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