Little Gull

Hydrocoloeus minutus - Mouette pygmée

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Laridés

  • Genus
    :

    Hydrocoloeus

  • Species
    :

    minutus

Descriptor

Pallas, 1776

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 30 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 70 à 78 cm.
  • Weight
    : 90 à 150 g
Longevity

6 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Mouette pygmée
adult plum. breeding
Mouette pygmée
adult plum. post breeding

Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) is a species of bird in the Laridae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Mouette pygmée,
  • Gaviota enana,
  • gaivota-pequena,
  • Zwergmöwe,
  • kis sirály,
  • Dwergmeeuw,
  • Gabbianello,
  • dvärgmås,
  • Dvergmåke,
  • čajka malá,
  • racek malý,
  • Dværgmåge,
  • pikkulokki,
  • gavina menuda,
  • Dvergmáfur,
  • mewa mała,
  • mazais ķīris,
  • mali galeb,
  • Малая чайка,
  • ヒメカモメ,
  • 小鸥,
  • นกนางนวลเล็ก,
  • 小鷗,

Voice song and cries

Mouette pygmée
adult plum. transition

Habitat

Mouette pygmée
adult

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fe

ns, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged), Estuaries ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Intertidal : Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha), Wastewater Treatment Areas

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Mouette pygmée
published: - Updated: 18-03-2009
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