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ML59265

Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus

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Contributor

William W. H. Gunn Media from this contributor
Lucie R. Gunn Media from this contributor

Date

17 Jun 1974

Location

Chick Lake
Northwest Territories, Canada
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified
Behaviors
Flying
Sounds
Call
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Not specified

Media notes

NOTES: Calling in flight double call-note and some singles (low level alarm?) (Recorded from a boat) Also: water slap Credit CAGSL where feasible. Q 2 [This is the two-noted, "kwew-kwew" Alarm Call described in BNA account, which appears to correspond to the "g¿-g¿g" or "kik-kik-kik" Anxiety-Calls described and shown in Figure IV by Cramp et al. (1983. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa: the birds of the Western Palearctic. Vol. III. Oxford University Press, Oxford). Quality added (1-2) - CAM - 15 April 2005]. Habitat: Lake.

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Archival information

Cataloged
31 Aug 1999 - Martha Fischer
Digitized
27 Jun 2000 - Lauren A. Serafin

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