Band-tailed Gull (Larus belcheri)

Other Names (World)
Belcher's Gull, Band-tailed Gull, Simeon's Gull

Family
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)

Size
51 cm

First Described (Guide)
Vigors, 1829

Habitat
Rocky shores and inshore on guano islands.

Range (Guide)

Chile, Peru.

Vagrant to Ecuador, Panama.

Unknown to Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

Humboldt Current area, between northern Peru (Libertad) and northern Chile (Tarapacá). Disperses north to northern Ecuador and south to central Chile (around Valparaíso).

Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 10,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Fish, crabs, shellfish, carrion. Also seabird eggs and young, especially in the breeding season.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Belcher's Gull (Larus belcheri) [XC224830]
by Jacek Betleja from Paracas peninsula, Ica, Peru (call)

Belcher's Gull (Larus belcheri) [XC355170]
by id from Pucusana, Lima, Lima Region, Peru (call)

Nest
In hollows among rocks or on sand on the shore close to the high tide line. In small cononies of about 100 pairs.

Subspecies
Formerly treated as polytypic, with Olrog's Gull (Larus atlanticus) as a subspecies.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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