Species: Leucophaeus pipixcan

Franklin's Gull
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Charadriiformes

    Family

    Laridae

    Genus

    Leucophaeus

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    Gaivota-do-Frankin - Gaviota de Franklin, Gaviota Chica - mouette de Franklin
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Other Birds
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Charadriiformes - Laridae - Leucophaeus - (AOU, 2008).
    Migration
    false - false - true - Casual migrant off both coasts of U.S. (National Geographic Society 1983). Migration in Costa Rica October-November (Pacific coast) and more abundantly April-early June (Stiles and Skutch 1989).
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    false
    Food Comments
    Feeds primarily on insects. Catches insects while in flight; follows farmers' plows to feed on unearthed insects and their larvae; also eats aquatic insects and small fishes in small ponds and sloughs (Bent 1921).
    Reproduction Comments
    Breeding begins in early May or early June (Harrison 1978). Both sexes incubate 2-3 eggs for about 18-20 days. Semi-precocial young are tended by both adults. Nests in colonies, which may include up to 15,000-20,000 individuals (Terres 1980).
    Length
    37
    Weight
    280
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G4G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1997-02-05
    Global Status Last Changed
    1997-02-05
    Other Status

    LC - Least concern

    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    BREEDS: Canadian Prairie Provinces south to east-central Oregon, southern Idaho, northwestern Utah, northwestern Wyoming, northeastern South Dakota, and northwestern Iowa. Nonbreeders occur in summer from east-central British Columbia and northeastern Manitoba south to northern New Mexico, southeastern Wyoming, Kansas, central Iowa, and Great Lakes. NORTHERN WINTER: primarily along Pacific coast of South America (less commonly north to Guatemala), south to southern Chile, casually along Gulf coast of Texas and Louisiana, and in Hawaii, rarely in southern California; accidental in Puerto Rico.
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