Index of articles about status and sightings of Kelp Gull Morocco.
Some recent Moroccan rarities include a Laughing Gull, Olive-backed Pipits and Sudan Golden Sparrow in February and Kelp Gulls in the previous month. Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla) A Laughing Gull was photographed on 14 February at Essaouira fishing port by Andrzej Kośmicki and Helena Trzeciak. There are 6 previous known records of this American species […]
Recent Moroccan rarities: Laughing Gull, Olive-backed Pipits,… Read More »
Robert Swann visited Morocco in late February to see two Western Palearctic rarities: Pied Crow and Kelp Gull. (See below the second photo for updates regarding the latter species). Pied Crow He started at Mhamid where he got good views of the “resident” Pied Crow (Corvus albus) on 23 Feb. Here is his comment: I spotted
Kelp Gulls at Akhfenir, southern Morocco Read More »
An adult Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) found and photographed today, 25 January, at the fish factory of Anza near Agadir by Arie Ouwerkerk and Jacob Jan de Vries. As we known, the observation of Kelp Gull in Morocco is more likely at Khniffiss lagoon and along the nearby coast. So such sightings in more northern latitudes
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Cape Gull – the African subspecies of the widespread Kelp Gull – does not breed at Khnifiss Lagoon, Morocco, as reported earlier by Bergier et al. (2009). A thorough analysis by Olof Jönsson of the available photographs showed that the large, dark-backed gulls breeding at Khnifiss are, in fact, Great Black-backed Gulls. This is the
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