A vagrant Laughing Gull (Larus africilfa) from Pitcairn Island

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) Science Article 3

abstract

During mid-March 1992, I discovered the remains of a Laughing Gull (Lamatricilla) at Down Rope Beach, Pitcairn Island. It appeared to have beendead for approximately one month. The distance from Pitcairn Island tothe wintering grounds of this North American gull is over 5,000 km

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