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| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International. |year=2020 |title=''Larus audouinii'' | | | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International. |year=2020 |title=''Larus audouinii'' |article-number=e.T22694313A183584708 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22694313A183584708.en}}</ref> | ||
| image = Ichthyaetus audouinii.jpg | | image = Ichthyaetus audouinii.jpg | ||
| genus = Ichthyaetus | | genus = Ichthyaetus | ||
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The adult basically resembles a small [[European herring gull]], the most noticeable differences being the short stubby red bill and "string of pearls" white wing primary tips, rather than the large "mirrors" of some other species. The legs are grey-green. It takes four years to reach adult plumage. | The adult basically resembles a small [[European herring gull]], the most noticeable differences being the short stubby red bill and "string of pearls" white wing primary tips, rather than the large "mirrors" of some other species. The legs are grey-green. It takes four years to reach adult plumage. | ||
This species shows little tendency to wander from its breeding areas, but there were single records in the [[Netherlands]] and [[England]] in May 2003,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.birdguides.com/news/audouins-gull-larus-audouinii-admitted-to-the-british-list/ |title=Audouin's Gull (Larus audouinii) admitted to the British List |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=28 June 2004 |website=[[Birdguides]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210103347/https://www.birdguides.com/news/audouins-gull-larus-audouinii-admitted-to-the-british-list/ |url-status=live |archive-date=10 December 2020 |access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref> and one spent from December 2016 to April 2017 in [[Trinidad]].<ref>Kenefick, Martyn 2017; [https://ttfnc.org/livingworld/index.php/lwj/article/view/kenefick2017 Fourteenth Report of the Trinidad and Tobago Birds Status and Distribution Committee Records Submitted during 2016]; Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field | This species shows little tendency to wander from its breeding areas, but there were single records in the [[Netherlands]] and [[England]] in May 2003,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.birdguides.com/news/audouins-gull-larus-audouinii-admitted-to-the-british-list/ |title=Audouin's Gull (Larus audouinii) admitted to the British List |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=28 June 2004 |website=[[Birdguides]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210103347/https://www.birdguides.com/news/audouins-gull-larus-audouinii-admitted-to-the-british-list/ |url-status=live |archive-date=10 December 2020 |access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref> and one spent from December 2016 to April 2017 in [[Trinidad]].<ref>Kenefick, Martyn 2017; [https://ttfnc.org/livingworld/index.php/lwj/article/view/kenefick2017 Fourteenth Report of the Trinidad and Tobago Birds Status and Distribution Committee Records Submitted during 2016]; Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club ([https://ttfnc.org/livingworld/index.php/lwj/article/view/kenefick2017/69 PDF])</ref> | ||
Audouin's gull is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds ([[AEWA]]) applies. | Audouin's gull is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds ([[AEWA]]) applies. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* {{BirdLife|22694313|Ichthyaetus audouinii}} | * {{BirdLife|22694313|Ichthyaetus audouinii}} | ||
* {{Avibase|name=Ichthyaetus audouinii}} | * {{Avibase|name=Ichthyaetus audouinii}} | ||
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* {{Xeno-canto species|Ichthyaetus|audouinii|Audouin's gull}} | * {{Xeno-canto species|Ichthyaetus|audouinii|Audouin's gull}} | ||
* {{field guide birds of the world|Ichthyaetus audouinii}} | * {{field guide birds of the world|Ichthyaetus audouinii}} | ||
{{Gulls}} | {{Gulls}} | ||
{{Taxonbar|from=Q519583}} | {{Taxonbar|from=Q519583}} | ||
[[Category:Ichthyaetus | [[Category:Ichthyaetus]] | ||
[[Category:Birds of Southern Europe]] | [[Category:Birds of Southern Europe]] | ||
[[Category:Birds of North Africa]] | [[Category:Birds of North Africa]] | ||
[[Category:Birds of West Africa]] | [[Category:Birds of West Africa]] | ||
[[Category:Birds described in 1826 | [[Category:Birds described in 1826]] | ||
[[Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN]] | [[Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN]] <!-- Ichthyaetus audouinii --> | ||
[[Category:Taxa named by Charles Payraudeau]] | [[Category:Taxa named by Charles Payraudeau]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:07, 29 September 2025
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Audouin's gull (Ichthyaetus audouinii) is a large gull restricted to the Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ikhthus, "fish", and aetos, "eagle", and the specific audouinii and the English name are after the French naturalist Jean Victoire Audouin.[1]
It breeds on small islands colonially or alone, laying 2–3 eggs on a ground nest. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus Larus.
In the late 1960s, this was one of the world's rarest gulls, with a population of only 1,000 pairs. It has established new colonies, but remains rare with a population of about 10,000 pairs.
This species, unlike many large gulls, rarely scavenges, but is a specialist fish eater, and is therefore strictly coastal and pelagic. This bird will feed at night, often well out to sea, but also slowly patrols close into beaches, occasionally dangling its legs to increase drag.
The adult basically resembles a small European herring gull, the most noticeable differences being the short stubby red bill and "string of pearls" white wing primary tips, rather than the large "mirrors" of some other species. The legs are grey-green. It takes four years to reach adult plumage.
This species shows little tendency to wander from its breeding areas, but there were single records in the Netherlands and England in May 2003,[2] and one spent from December 2016 to April 2017 in Trinidad.[3]
Audouin's gull is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
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Audouin's gull
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Egg of Ichthyaetus audouinii, MHNT
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- ↑ Kenefick, Martyn 2017; Fourteenth Report of the Trinidad and Tobago Birds Status and Distribution Committee Records Submitted during 2016; Living World, J. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club (PDF)