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This obliging juvenile at Walberswick finally gave a great show, after we had spent several hours waiting....
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Fri 10 Sep 2021 10:29:38 AM EDT
English Caspian Gull
Scientific (Larus cachinnans)
Order CHARADRIIFORMES
Family (Latin) Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Family (English) Laridae
Other name(s) cachinnans
Breeding Regions PAL
Breeding Range Subregions inland s Poland and Hungary e through Black, Caspian and Aral seas to e Kazakhstan
Nonbreeding Range Subregions to se Europe, Black Sea, e Mediterranean, Persian Gulf and n Arabian Sea
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahrain,Belgium,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Burundi, Cambodia,Canada,Cape Verde,China,Croatia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Djibouti,Egypt,Eritrea, Ethiopia,Finland,Gabon,Georgia,Greece,Hong Kong,Hungary,India - mainland,Iran,Iraq, Israel,Italy,Japan,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kuwait,Lebanon,Libya,Liechtenstein,Luxembourg, Macedonia,Maldives,Mali,Mauritania,Moldova,Mongolia,Montenegro,Netherlands,Nigeria,Oman, Pakistan,Poland,Qatar,Romania,Russia,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Serbia,Slovakia,Slovenia, Somalia,South Sudan,Sri Lanka,Sudan,Sweden,Switzerland,Syria,Tajikistan,Thailand,Tunisia, Turkey,Turkmenistan,Uganda,Ukraine,United Arab Emirates,United Kingdom,Uzbekistan,Vietnam,Western Sahara,Yemen,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Monotypic
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by Pallas, 1811
German Steppenmöwe
French Goéland pontique
Chinese 里海银鸥
Japanese カスピセグロカモメ
Russian Хохотунья
Spanish Gaviota del Caspio
Portuguese gaivota-do-cáspio
Bird Data App text A large gull similar to the Herring Gull (including size), but note yellow legs.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
EU Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)