Species: Larus canus

Mew Gull
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Charadriiformes

    Family

    Laridae

    Genus

    Larus

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    Gaviota Cana - goéland cendré
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Other Birds
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Charadriiformes - Laridae - Larus - (AOU 1983). Populations on Asian and North American sides of Beringia exhibit mtDNA differentiation consistent with species-level distinctness (Zink et al. 1995); because sample sizes were small, Zink et al. (1995) did not recommend a formal taxonomic change. Known as Common Gull in Europe (Jonsson 1992).
    Migration
    false - false - true - Found throughout the year in a portion of its range.
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    false
    Food Comments
    Along the coast feeds on fishes, crustaceans, and mollusks. Also scavenges in harbors. Inland follows farmers plowing fields and feeds on worms and insect larvae.
    Reproduction Comments
    Breeding begins is late May. Usually 2-3 eggs are incubated by both sexes for 22-25 days. Nestlings are semi-precocial, downy. Young are tended by both parents, fledge in about 35 days. May breed singly or in small colonies.
    Length
    41
    Weight
    432
    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
    H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - BREEDING: in North America from northern Alaska south along coast to British Columbia and in the interior, northeastern Saskatchewan, western Mackenzie, west into northeastern Alberta and southern Yukon. In Eurasia from Faroe Islands, British Isles, Scandinavia, northern Russia, and northern Siberia south to northern Europe, Black and Caspian Seas, Lake Baikal, northern Mongolia, Anadyrland, Sea of Okhotsk, Kamchatka, and Kurile Islands. NON-BREEDING: in North America mainly from southeastern Alaska south along Pacific coast to northern Baja California. In Old World from breeding range south to Mediterranean, northern Africa, Iraq, Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, Southeast Asia, coastal China, and Japan (AOU 1983).
    Global Range Code
    H
    Global Range Description
    >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
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