Black-headed Gull vs African Skimmer

Larus ridibundus ile kıyaslandığında Rynchops flavirostris

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Black-headed Gull African Skimmer
Bilimsel Ad Larus ridibundus Rynchops flavirostris
Takım Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familya Laridae Laridae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 58,2 cm (22.9 in) 66,4 cm (26.1 in)
Ağırlık 261,0 g (9.21 oz) 165,66666666666666 g (5.84 oz)
Beslenme -- --
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 1-3 1-5
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Black-headed Gull only

African Skimmer only

Hiçbiri

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Black-headed Gull

Least Concern

African Skimmer

About These Birds

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull, 38–44 cm, is one of Europe's commonest gulls, breeding across the Palearctic on wetlands and coasts. Chocolate-brown (not black) hood in summer, lost in winter leaving dark ear-spot. Omnivore; follows ploughs, scavenges in cities, dips for invertebrates. Migratory.

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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