Mediterranean Gull vs Franklin's Gull

Larus melanocephalus verglichen mit Larus pipixcan

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Mediterranean Gull Franklin's Gull
Wissenschaftlicher Name Larus melanocephalus Larus pipixcan
Ordnung Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familie Laridae Laridae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 60,5 cm (23.8 in) 55,9 cm (22.0 in)
Gewicht 282,5 g (9.96 oz) 279,8333333333333 g (9.87 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1-5 1-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Mediterranean Gull only

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Franklin's Gull only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Mediterranean Gull

Least Concern

Franklin's Gull

About These Birds

Mediterranean Gull

Mediterranean Gull, 36–38 cm, has expanded dramatically since the 1970s, breeding across Europe from the Black Sea to Britain. Pure white body, jet-black hood in breeding plumage — the only gull with entirely white wingtips. Piscivore and invertivore; nests in colonies, often with Black-headed Gulls.

Franklin's Gull

Franklin's Gull, 32–36 cm, makes one of the longest overland migrations of any gull, breeding on prairie marshes of North America and wintering on Pacific coasts of South America — a journey of 12,000+ km. Rosy-flushed underparts in spring; black hood with distinctive white eye-crescents. Insectivore.

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