Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Gulls :: Saunders' Gull

Saunders' Gull Larus saundersi

Described by: Swinhoe (1871)
Alternate common name(s): Saunders's Gull
Old scientific name(s): Saundersia saundersi

Photographs

Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Mar 7, 2003 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Mar 7, 2003 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Mar 7, 2003 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Feb 16, 2002 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Feb 16, 2002 © William Hull 
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Range

Ec. Asia;
Fragmented, uncertain distribution;
Mongolia, China (coast of Jiangsu, Shuangtaizihekou National Nature Reserve, Liaoning and Hong Kong in Mai Po marshes) and Japan (Hakata Bay on n. shore of Kyushu). Migrates through South Korea (Saemangeum wetlands, Suncheon Bay and Youngjong-do Is.).
Winter along coasts of e. China, Hainan and Taiwan. Possibly as far w. as East Africa and Sri Lanka.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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