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Mediterranean Gull

Mediterranean Gull - 2nd winter

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

Location

» Las Galletas (Arona), Tenerife

Country image taken

» Canary Islands

Date

» August, 2019

Equipment

» Pentax K-m with zoom Tamron 70-300 mm

Bird Species

»Ichthyaetus melanocephalus - Mediterranean Gull

Bird Species (French)

»Mouette mélanocéphale

Bird Family

»Laridae - Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

Bird Group

»Charadriiformes Gull, Skua, Tern, Wader

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» A scarce, irregular migrant and wintering bird in the Canaries, with increasing records in recent years. It is more frequent to see this species in the central and eastern islands (Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuertevenura and Lanzarote) than in the rest of the archipelago.

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