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Slender-billed Gull

(Larus genei)
Size: 43 cm; wing span 1.0 m

Sightings

Slender-billed Gulls were first spotted by us at Al Qurm Natural Park near Muscat, Oman, in December 2009. There a small colony was present in an estuary.

Photos

Frontal view of a Slender-billed Gull

Lateral view of the same bird as above

Colony of Slender-billed Gulls

Slender-billed Gull in flight

Food

Like all gulls, Slender-billed Gulls are opportunistic. They will feed on anything from carrion and discarded entrails to fish, chicks of other bird species and eggs.

These pages are largely based on our own observations. For more salient facts on any bird species please refer to a field guide.