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Swallow-tailed Gull

Creagrus furcatus

Description:

chatty Swallow-tailed Gull looking for consumables

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2 Comments

Interesting that you should suspect that this gull is looking for food. The amazing fact is that these large eyed gulls only hunt and feed at night and fairly far our at sea. They do that because their prey, certain squid and fish species, come close to the surface only at night.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Orater!

JasmineJ
Spotted by
JasmineJ

Parroquia Isla Santa María (Floreana) (Cab. en Pto. Velasco Ibarra), Provincia de Galápagos, Ecuador

Spotted on Nov 24, 2012
Submitted on Jan 12, 2013

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