Sabine's gull: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Sabine's gull lives – recorded in 20 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Xema sabini
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	20 countries
Continents	Africa, Europe, North America, South America
Mass	16 g (birth weight); 185 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Laridae

Where does the Sabine's gull live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Sabine's gull in 20 countries and territories across Africa, Europe, North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Brazil, South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a Sabine's gull?

Wikidata records the following for the Sabine's gull: mass 16 g (birth weight); 185 g (adult weight).

Is the Sabine's gull endangered?

The Sabine's gull’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Sabine's gull?

The Sabine's gull (Xema sabini) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Laridae, genus Xema. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Sabine's gull

Sabine's gull ( SAY-bin; Xema sabini) is a small gull. It is usually treated as the only species placed in the genus Xema, though some authors include it with other gulls in a wide view of the genus Larus. It has also been known historically as fork-tailed gull or xeme (from the genus name). It breeds in colonies on Arctic coasts and tundra, laying two or three spotted olive-brown eggs in a ground nest lined with grass. Sabine's gull is pelagic outside the breeding season. It takes a wide variety of mainly animal food, and will eat any suitable small prey.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Sabine's gull (revision 1380703631), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q212047 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).