Relict Gull vs African Skimmer

Larus relictus verglichen mit Rynchops flavirostris

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Merkmal Relict Gull African Skimmer
Wissenschaftlicher Name Larus relictus Rynchops flavirostris
Ordnung Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familie Laridae Laridae
Erhaltungsstatus Vulnerable Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 67,0 cm (26.4 in) 66,4 cm (26.1 in)
Gewicht 516,75 g (18.23 oz) 165,66666666666666 g (5.84 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2-3 1-5
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Relict Gull only

African Skimmer only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Vulnerable

Relict Gull

Least Concern

African Skimmer

About These Birds

Relict Gull

Relict Gull, 44–46 cm, is a Vulnerable species breeding on remote saline lakes in Mongolia and northern China. Black hood with white eye-crescents, red bill, red legs. Very poorly known outside breeding season; winters on Yellow Sea coasts. Threatened by drought and wetland degradation.

African Skimmer

African Skimmer: 36–42 cm, black-and-white skimmer with a long bright orange-yellow bill where the lower mandible is longer than the upper. Flies low over large rivers and lakes, cutting the water surface with the lower bill to catch fish. Resident and partial migrant along large rivers and lakes of sub-Saharan Africa. NT.

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