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Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcan(Wagler, 1831)
Least ConcernVagrant
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Leucophaeus
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
Franklin's gull is a small gull. The genus name Leucophaeus is from Ancient Greek leukos, "white", and phaios, "dusky". The specific pipixcan is a Nahuatl name for a type of gull. The English common name was given to commemorate the arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, who led an expedition in 1825 on which the type was collected.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Prairie marshes of west and north Alberta and east-central Oregon to south-west Manitoba (west-central and east-central Canada) and north-west Minnesota
- Non-breeding range
- To west South Pacific coast from Ecuador and Galápagos to central Chile
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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