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Sabine's Gull

Xema sabini (Sabine, J 1819)

Sabine's gull also known as the fork-tailed gull or xeme, is a small gull. It is the only species placed in the genus Xema. It breeds in colonies on 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. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Laridae
Genus:
   Xema
Scientific:
  Xema sabini


Original description

Citation:
  (Sabine, J 1819)

Reference:
   Trans. Linn. Soc. London (1), 12 p.522 pl.29

Protonym:
  Larus Sabini

Type locality:
  Sabine Islands, near Melville Bay, west coast of Greenland.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/759108


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  86182656472B476B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-86182656

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/86182656


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176866

Geographic range:

  • Xema sabini: breeds patchily on swampy tundra of Arctic coasts of Greenland, Svalbard (north of Norway), northeastern Siberia from Taimyr Peninsula to Wrangel Island (north of Chukotka Peninsula) and Gulf of Anadyr (eastern Chukotka Peninsula; northeastern Russia); St. Lawrence Island (northern Bering Sea), western and northern Alaska and Arctic Canada; winters coastal and offshore waters of western Africa from Angola to southern Africa and northern South America to northern Chile
  • Xema sabini (sabini): northern Canada to Greenland; winters southwestern Africa and northwestern South America
  • Xema sabini (palaearctica): Spitsbergen eastward to Taymyr Peninsula and Lena Delta
  • Xema sabini (tschuktschorum): Chukotsk Peninsula (Russia)
  • Xema sabini (woznesenskii): northeastern Siberia to Alaska
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English:
Sabine's Gull
Catalan:
Gavineta de Sabine
Czech:
racek Sabinův
Danish:
Sabinemåge
German:
Schwalbenmöwe
Spanish:
Gaviota de Sabine
Spanish (Spain):
Gaviota de Sabine
Finnish:
tiiralokki
French:
Mouette de Sabine
Croatian:
Lastorepi galeb
Hungarian:
Fecskesirály
Icelandic:
Þernumáfur
Italian:
Gabbiano di Sabine
Japanese (romaji):
kubiwakamome
Japanese:
クビワカモメ
Lithuanian:
Skeltauodegis kiras
Dutch:
Vorkstaartmeeuw
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Sabinemåse
Norwegian:
Sabinemåke
Polish:
mewa obrożna
Portuguese:
gaivota-de-sabine
Portuguese (Brazil):
gaivota-de-sabine
Portuguese (Portugal):
Gaivota-de-sabine
Russian:
Вилохвостая чайка
Slovak:
čajka vidlochvostá
Serbian:
Lastorepi galeb
Swedish:
tärnmås
Ukrainian:
Мартин вилохвостий
Chinese:
叉尾鸥
Chinese (Traditional):
叉尾鷗


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
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African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
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African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
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African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition):
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British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.):
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Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Oriental Bird Club:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
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South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
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South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
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South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
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South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
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South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
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South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
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South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
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South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
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South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
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South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
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South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
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South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
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South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
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South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
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South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
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South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
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South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
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South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
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South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
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South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
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South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
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South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Xema sabini [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Xema sabini [version 1]

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Afrikaans: Mikstertmeeu
Arabic: نورس سابيني
Asturian: Gavilueta de Sabine, Gaviota de Sabine
Azerbaijani: Sabine qağayısı
Belarusian: Вiлахвостая чайка
Bulgarian: Вилоопашата чайка
Breton: Ar gouelanig lost forc'hek, Gouelanig lost forc'hek
Catalan: Gavina cendrosa, Gavina cuaforcada, Gavineta cuaforcada, Gavineta de Sabine
Valencian: Gavina cendrosa
Montenegrin: sabinijev galeb, сабинијев галеб
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): сабинијев галеб
Czech: Racek Sabinuv, racek Sabinùv, Racek Sabinův
Welsh: Gwylan Sabine
Danish: Sabinemåge
German: Schwalbenmowe, Schwalbenmöwe
Greek: Χελιδovόγλαρoς, Χελιδονόγλαρος
English: Fork-tailed Gull, Sabine's Gull
English, HBW: Sabine's Gull
English (IOC): Sabine's Gull
English (United States): Sabine's Gull
Esperanto: Forkvosta mevo, Sabina mevo, Ŝternmevo
Spanish: Gaviota Cola Hendida, gaviota cola-hendida, Gaviota de Sabine, Gaviota Piquiamarilla, Gaviotín Ahorquillado
Spanish (Argentine): Gaviota de Sabine
Spanish (Chile): Gaviota de Sabine
Spanish (Colombia): Gaviota de Sabine
Spanish (Costa Rica): Gaviota de Sabine
Spanish (Cuba): Galleguito de cola ahorquillada
Spanish (Ecuador): Gaviota de Sabine
Spanish (Spain): Gaviota de Sabine
Spanish (HBW): Gaviota de Sabine
Inupiatun, North Alaskan: aqargiyiaq
Spanish (Mexico): gaviota cola hendida, gaviota cola-hendida, Gaviota de Sabine, Gaviota Piquiamarilla
Spanish (Nicaragua): Gaviotín Ahorquillado
Spanish (Panama): Gaviota de Sabine
Spanish (Peru): Gaviota de Sabine
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Gaviota de Sabine
Estonian: Harksaba-kajakas
Basque: Gavineta cuaforcada, Sabine antxeta
Finnish: Tiiralokki
Faroese: Ternumási
French: Mouette de Sabine
Frisian: Swellesturtkob
Irish: Faoileán gabhalearrach, Sléibhín Sabine
Galician: Gaivota de Sabine, Gavineta cuaforcada
Manx: Foillan twoaie
Hebrew: שחף קדוד זנב, שחף קדוד־זנב, שחף קדוד-זנב
Croatian: Galeb lastar, Lastorepi galeb
Hungarian: Fecskesirály
Indonesian: Camar Sabine
Icelandic: Þernumáfur
Italian: Gabbiano di Sabine
Inuktitut: Ehooeekrikgagyagyuk, Naujavak, Nowyaluga, Taateraarnaq
Japanese (romaji): kubi-wa kamome, kubiwakamome, Kubiwa-kamome
Japanese: クビワカモメ
Japanese (Kanji): 首輪鴎
Mongolian, Halh: цагаан цахлай
Greenlandic: Ehooeekrikgagyagyuk, Naujavak, Nowyaluga, Taateraarnaq
Korean: 목테갈매기
Kirghiz: ача куйрук чардак
Scientific: Larus nigripes, Larus sabini, Larus sabini, Xema sabina, Xema sabini, Xema sabini sabini, Xema sabinii
Luxembourgish: Schmuewelsméiw
Lithuanian: Skeltauodegis kiras, žuvėdrinis kiras
Latvian: Šķeltastes kaija
Macedonian: Сабинов галеб
Malayalam: സബീൻ കടൽക്കാക്ക
Mongolian: цагаан цахлай
Dutch: Vorkstaart meeuw, Vorkstaartmeeuw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Sabinemåse
Norwegian: Sabinemåke
Polish: Mewa mala, Mewa mała, mewa obrozna, mewa obrożna
Pinyin: chā-wěi ōu
Portuguese: Gaivota de Sabine, Gaivota-de-Sabine, Gaviota de Sabine
Portuguese (Brazil): gaivota-de-sabine, Gaivota-de-sabine [portugais]
Portuguese (Portugal): Gaivota-de-sabine
Romansh: Muetta da tschendra, Muetta randulina
Rhaeto-Romance: Muetta randulina
Romanian: Pescăruș cu coadă scobită, Pescăruş cu coadă scobită
Russian: Вилохвостая чайка, Чайка вилохвостая
Yakut: ачаах кутуруктаах хопто
Northern Sami: Čearretbáiski
Slovak: Čajka vidličnatochvostá, Čajka vidlochvostá
Slovenian: lastovicji galeb, lastovičji galeb
Albanian: Pulëbardha bishtgërshërë
Serbian: Lastorepi galeb, Галеб ластар
Swedish: Tärnmås
Thai: นกนางนวลปลายปากเหลือง
Turkish: çatal kuyruklu martı, Çatal-Kuyruklu Martı
Tatar: сәнәк койрыклы акчарлак
Ukrainian: Мартин вилохвостий
Kalmyk: хәәч сүүлтә цах
Chinese: [cha-wei ou], 叉尾鸥
Chinese (Traditional): 叉尾鷗

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