Slender-billed Gull

Chroicocephalus genei

The slender-billed gull is a mid-sized gull which breeds very locally around the Mediterranean and the north of the western Indian Ocean on islands and coastal lagoons. Most of the population is somewhat migratory, wintering further south to as far as North Africa and India. A few birds have wandered to western Europe. A vagrant individual was reportedly seen on Antigua, April 24, 1976.

Scientific name

Chroicocephalus genei

Family

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers