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Recordings
Scientific Name
Larus fuscus
Arabic Name
النورس البلطيقي
Kuwaiti name
جنة
Family
Width
127.0 cm
Length
53.0 cm
Similar species
Information
Common winter visitor and passage migrant. Formerly lumped within a similar looking species-complex known as Lesser Black-backed Gull, now split into different species; often difficult to distinguish in the field.
Where in Kuwait
A coastal species found in mixed flocks of large white-headed Gulls in the winter months and is the species with jet-black upperparts
In the world
There is much debate on the large white-headed gull taxa and according to Birdlife International "The following species level treatment, shown with sub-specific placements, has been adopted by the BTWG: L. fuscus (with intermedius, graellsii, heuglini, taimyrensis and barabensis); L. argentatus (with argenteus, smithsonianus, vegae and mongolicus); L. michahellis (with atlantis and armenicus) and L. cachinnans".
Local threats
Marine oil spills and pollution