Aves | 
Charadriiformes | 
Laridae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Others.  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Northern Pacific, Northern Atlantic and the Arctic.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 68.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 1.3 kg (Ref. 356)			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						Culmen: 5.55 cm; tarsus: 6.78 cm; wing: 43.1 cm.					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Total Length:  61 to 68 cm; Wingspan:  132 to 137 cm (Ref. 8812). Found on beach and shoreline (Ref. 116102).  Dipping; surface plunging; coastal; steep cliffs, rocky islands.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				SAUP Database 2006 SAUP Database. www.seaaroundus.org. (Ref. 356)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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  PhysiologyOxygen consumption
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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 2.9 - 20.9, mean 7.9 (based on 1272 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.