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Audouin's gull

Charadriiformes · Laridae

Audouin's gull

Larus audouinii Payraudeau, 1826

A slender Mediterranean gull with a dark red bill and greyish legs. The Ebro delta holds a large colony.

Data

Length
48–52 cm
Wingspan
117–128 cm
Weight
500–750 g
Global IUCN
Vulnerable (VU)
Protection in Spain
Vulnerable

Approximate measurements.

Curiosity

It feeds mainly at night on small fish caught near the surface.

Records by month

167,020 records in Spain

Where it has been recorded

Canary Islands Ceuta Melilla Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Canary Islands Cantabria Castile and León Castilla-La Mancha Catalonia Valencian Community Extremadura Galicia Community of Madrid Region of Murcia Navarre Basque Country La Rioja Ceuta Melilla
© EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries · GISCO/Eurostat, simplified

Communities with enough GBIF records: these show observations, not breeding ranges.

Valencian CommunityAndalusiaCataloniaBalearic IslandsRegion of MurciaCanary IslandsGaliciaBasque CountryAsturiasCeutaMelilla

In the same family

Yellow-legged gull

Sources

GBIF Wikidata BOE