Species: Larus heermanni

Heermann's Gull
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Charadriiformes

    Family

    Laridae

    Genus

    Larus

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    Gaviota Ploma - GoƩland de Heermann
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Other Birds
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Charadriiformes - Laridae - Larus
    Short General Description
    A bird (gull).
    Migration
    true - true - true - Post-breeding migrants move up the Pacific coast as far north as southern British Columbia; early migrants appear in May in British Columbia and numbers peak in mid-October, after which numbers decline rapidly as birds move south (Campbell et al. 1990).
    Non-migrant
    true
    Locally Migrant
    true
    Food Comments
    Eats marine fishes, crustaceans, and mollusks. May pirate fish from pelicans and cormorants; also scavenges for food along beaches and shores.
    Reproduction Comments
    Lays two to three eggs April-June (Terres 1980). Usually only two young produced from three-egg clutches.
    Length
    48
    Weight
    500
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G4
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1997-02-05
    Global Status Last Changed
    1997-02-05
    Other Status

    NT - Near threatened

    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    FG - 20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles) - FG - BREEDING: mainly on islets off Pacific coast of Baja California, in Gulf of California, and locally off the coast of Mexico south to Sinaloa and Nayarit. Isolated breeding in coastal California (AOU 1998). NON-BREEDING: from breeding grounds north to southern British Columbia, common in California; south to Pacific coast of Guatemala (AOU 1998).
    Global Range Code
    FG
    Global Range Description
    20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)
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