Relict Gull (Larus relictus)

Family
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)

Size
39 - 45 cm

First Described (Guide)
L�nnberg, 1931

Habitat
Saline or semi-saline inland montane lakes. In winter, estuaries and coastal mudflats, particularly sandy mudflats.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland) (B), Hong Kong (China), Kazakhstan (B), Mongolia (B), Russia (Asian) (B), South Korea (NB).

Vagrant to Bulgaria, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Vietnam.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A laughing 'ka-kak ka-ka kee-a'. A downturned 'kyeu' and a prolonged 'ke-arr'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Relict Gull (Ichthyaetus relictus) [XC131997]
by id from Ononskiy rayon, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian Federation (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Similar Species
Non-breeding adults are larger, stockier, thicker-billed and longer-legged than Brown-headed Gull (Larus brunnicephalus) and Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus), with more uniformly dark-smudged ear-coverts and hind crown, white-tipped primaries, prominent, isolated black subterminal markings on outer primaries, and no white leading edge to outer wing. Breeders are black-hooded (including nape), with broad, broken white eye-ring.

References
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Files:

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