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Gray Gull

Leucophaeus modestus

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Laridae

The grey gull, also known as garuma gull (Leucophaeus modestus), is a medium-sized gull native to South America. Unusual among gulls, it breeds inland in the extremely dry Atacama Desert in northern Chile, although it is present as a non-breeding bird along much of the Pacific coast of South America. Description The sexes are similar in grey gulls.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 8,258Brazil · 1