Saunders's Gull

The Saunders' Gull is named after British ornithologist, Howard Saunders.

The Saunders's Gull is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

Saunders's Gull: a new population estimate. Bird Conservation International, 18 , pp 301-306 doi:10.1017/S0959270908007661 * Social Bookmarking * CiteULike * Del.icio.us * Connotea.org * Bibsonomy.org * Furl.net * Digg.com * Reddit. More

In addition, the pressures on Saunders's gull, all of whose breeding grounds and wintering grounds lie within CHINA, are great indeed and do not look likely to abate in the near future. The breeding ecology of Saunders's gull is a fascinating example of how a species has adapted to the eternal processes of nature but also it rather disturbing testament to what happens when man interferes too drastically in the process. More

Saunders's Gull Larus saundersi - Adult in breeding plumage Saunders's Gull Photographer : More

Four wintering Saunders's Gulls wading on a west coast mudflat, 2008-11-30. Three Saunders's Gulls in the foreground with Black-headed Gulls and other waders in the background, 2008-11-30. A lone Saunders's Gull center with other waders and Black-headed Gulls around it, 2008-11-30. The Saunders's Gull Larus saundersi is one of East Asia's most threatened gulls. More

The charismatic Saunders's Gull Larus saundersi is a familiar winter site in South Korea, beating its way over tidal-flats like a miniature harrier in search of prey: crabs, and at some sites, worms. More

Saunders's Gull peak at several sites. In the right weather conditions large numbers of Ancient Murrelets and a few Rhinoceros Auklets move north off Guryongpo. At the end of the month the first migrants, such as Far Eastern Curlews, Hoopoes and Japanese Lesser Sparrowhawks start to arrive. More

in winter, though many Saunders's Gulls visit the north of Kyushu. They will leave comparatively early in the spring, so we sometimes missed their breeding plumage. More