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Common Name

Slender Billed Gull

Alternate Names

Common Type

Gull

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Laridae

Genus

Chroicocephalus

Species

genei

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Iraq,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Somewhat migratory

Preferred Habitat

Islands and coastal lagoons

Distribution and Range

Mediterranean basin to nw India; winters to ne Africa and India

Food

Feeds in deltas and marshes for fish caught by diving. Also probes mud with its beak for invertebrates and catches insects in flight in grasslands.

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