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Recordings
Scientific Name
Larus canus
Arabic Name
النورس الشائع
Kuwaiti name
جنة
Family
Width
125.0 cm
Length
44.0 cm
Information
Scarce winter visitor in small numbers. Usually single birds are seen along the coast in winter and early spring passage, often with other gulls and terns.
Where in Kuwait
Primarily a coastal species with respect to the records for Kuwait
In the world
It has an extremely large range with an uncertain population and is fully migratory. Outside of the breeding season it occupies similar habitats to when it is breeding, although it may occur more frequently along the coast during this period as well as on estuaries with low salinities, sandy beaches and estuarine mudflats. This species name is rather misleading, as this Gull is not all that common.
Local threats
Marine oil spills and pollution