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Common Name

Pallas's Gull

Alternate Names

Great Black Headed (Pallas's) Gull

Common Type

Gull

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Laridae

Genus

Ichthyaetus

Species

ichthyaetus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Pallass Gull Iraq,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Marshes and islands

Distribution and Range

Breeds from Russia to Mongolia and winters in eastern Mediterranean, Arabia and India.

Food

Prey on fish, crustaceans, insects and rodents

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Field Notes:

This species breeds in colonies in marshes and islands and nests on the ground, laying between two and four eggs. Named after prussian zoologist and botanist Peter Simon Pallas

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