Species: Hydrocoloeus minutus

Little Gull
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Charadriiformes

    Family

    Laridae

    Genus

    Hydrocoloeus

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    Gaviota Mínima - mouette pygmée
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Other Birds
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Charadriiformes - Laridae - Hydrocoloeus - were included (AOU, 2008).
    Migration
    true - false - true
    Non-migrant
    true
    Locally Migrant
    false
    Food Comments
    Forages at water surface for fishes and crustaceans, eats insects caught in flight inland, sometimes feeds at sewer outlets of cities in northeastern U.S. seaboard (Terres 1980).
    Reproduction Comments
    Lays clutch of usually 3 eggs, May-June in Ontario. Incubation 20-21 days, by both sexes. Young tended by both parents, fly at 21-24 days.
    Length
    28
    Weight
    120
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1996-11-27
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-11-27
    Other Status

    LC - Least concern

    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    BREEDING: locally in North America along Great Lakes in northern Wisconsin, northern Michigan, (Upper Peninsula), and southern Ontario, also in Manitoba and Quebec; and in Eurasia. First started breeding in Ontario in 1962, has expanded range since then to include northern Wisconsin and northern Michigan in mid-1970s, Manitoba in 1981, and Quebec in 1982 (Spendelow and Patton 1988). NON-BREEDING: in North America on Great Lakes, and along Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to Virginia; also in Old World.
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