#1157 · 🐦 birds

Audouin's Gull

🇳🇱 Audouins Meeuw ·Ichthyaetus audouinii

VUvulnerable 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Xavier Rufray · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © pedrosanz-anapri · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © mmissoum · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Li Jianong · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Spain:© jjulio2000 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Portugal:© coralga · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Valencia, ES-VC, ES:© Carles Fabregat · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Dakhla 73000:© eliot_rbls · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Audouin's gull ( Ichthyaetus audouinii ) is a large gull restricted to the Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian peninsula. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ikhthus , "fish", and aetos , "eagle", and the specific audouinii and the English name are after the French naturalist Jean Victoire Audouin.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,742iNaturalist observations
weight 67 gadult, up to
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,742 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 67 g.
Scientifically named by Charles Payraudeau in 1826 (200 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.