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Leucophaeus pipixcan Franklin's Gull       No Local Name
f.LARIDAE Gulls sf.Larinae
Leucophaeus pipixcan Franklin's Gull       No Local Name
f.LARIDAE Gulls sf.Larinae
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    Intl. NamesFranklin's Gull EN
    Local NamesNo Content
    Pacific NamesNo Content
    Sci. NamesLeucophaeus pipixcan (accepted name) , Larus pipixcan [Original, Mexico], Larus franklinii [after the Franklin Expedition into nw. Canada], newFix2024-11
    High Tax. Eng.k.Animals, p.Vertebrates, c.Birds, f.Gulls - Bird
    High Tax. Latink.ANIMALIA, p.CHORDATA, sp.GNATHOSTOMATA, spc.TETRAPODA, c.AVES, sc.NEOGNATHAE, o.Charadriiformes, f.LARIDAE, sf.Larinae
    Natl. PresencePresent
    Sth. PresenceRR?MG?AT?MK?MT?AK?PL?MN?TK?
    Nth. PresenceTN+MH?RK?PK?NS?SW?
    VouchersTN2024  
    Local OriginNative; Vagrant; Breeding elsewhere
    Global RangeNative: Breeds interior s.Canada and n.USA; winter migrates south to s.USA, C.America, and Pacific coast S.America; vagrants see Comment; 
    HabitatAquatic - Marine - Near-shore [for PICs, breeds in fw marsh in N.America]
    ThreatenedNo Content
    InvasivenessNo Content
    BiosecurityNo Content
    Medical StatusNo Content
    Harmful StatusNo Content
    UsesNo Content
    IdentificationThe Penrhyn 2024 vagrant was a breeding adult with fully black head: white and gray with dark grey or black highlights. WING UPPERS grey with white trailing edge and white tip with black subterminal band. HEAD black hood with white partial "eye-ring"more..., bill dark reddish.TAIL short and white. FEET dark. Vagrants beyond the Americas are also often non-breeding adults with a partial head-cap extending to below the eyes.
    Similar SpeciesLaughing Gull is very similar but it has wingtips black withmore... limited white posteriorly (vs white with black subterminal band, clear on Penrhyn bird 2024).
    Interest NoteNo Content

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    US reference bird and Penrhyn bird

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Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2026) Cook Islands Biodiversity & Ethnobiology Database, Version 2026.04.21 - Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at https://naturalheritage.gov.ck/cibed
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US reference bird and Penrhyn bird - Cook Islands, Penrhyn - Tracy McCarthey, Aeata Matara 2024-05


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Leucophaeus pipixcan
Franklin's Gull
      No Local Name
LARIDAE

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