WoRMS taxon details

Xema sabini (Sabine, 1819)

137167  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137167)

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(of Larus sabini Sabine, 1819) Sabine, J. (1819). XXXII. An Account of a new Species of Gull lately discovered on the West Coast of Greenland. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 12(2): 520-523., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/759138#page/556/mode/1up
page(s): 522 (naming) [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Distribution circum-arctic  
Distribution circum-arctic [details]

Distribution North America; very rare but regular fall migrant through interior and off Atlantic Coast  
Distribution North America; very rare but regular fall migrant through interior and off Atlantic Coast [details]
WoRMS (2024). Xema sabini (Sabine, 1819). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137167 on 2024-04-19
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original description  (of Larus sabini Sabine, 1819) Sabine, J. (1819). XXXII. An Account of a new Species of Gull lately discovered on the West Coast of Greenland. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 12(2): 520-523., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/759138#page/556/mode/1up
page(s): 522 (naming) [details]  OpenAccess publication 

context source (BeRMS 2020) Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). European Seabirds at Sea - data collected by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). INBO Seabird distribution data (all trips). [details]   

context source (Bermuda) Dobson, A. F. (2002). A Birdwatching Guide to Bermuda. Arlequin Press, Chelmsford, Essex, 173 pp. [details]   

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details]   

additional source Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p. [details]   

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]   

additional source Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p. [details]   

additional source Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p., available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

additional source Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

new combination reference Sabine, E. (1824). Marine Invertebrate Animals. In: Parry, W.E., A Supplement to the Appendix of Captain Parry's Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage, in the Years 1819-20. Containing an Account of the Subjects of Natural History: ccixi-ccxl, pls. 1-2. John Murray, London.  [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Dimensions Length: 13 1/2" (34 cm); Wingspan: 33" (84 cm) [details]

Distribution circum-arctic [details]

Distribution North America; very rare but regular fall migrant through interior and off Atlantic Coast [details]

Reproduction Breeds on the northern coast of Greenland, on the islands north of Canada, and in Alaska. It also Breeds in extreme north of Europe and Asia. Winters at sea in both the Atlantic and Pacific and has been found as far south as Peru. [details]
LanguageName 
Danish Sabinemåge [from synonym]  [details]
Dutch vorkstaartmeeuw  [details]
English Sabine's gullSabine’s Gull  [details]
French mouette de Sabine [from synonym]  [details]
German Schwalbenmöwe  [details]
Japanese クビワカモメ  [details]
Lithuanian žuvėdrinis kiras  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål Sabinemåke  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk Sabinemåse  [details]
Polish mewa obrożna  [details]
Russian вилохвостая чайка  [details]
Slovenian lastovičji galeb  [details]
Spanish gaviota de Sabine  [details]
Swedish tärnmås [from synonym]  [details]
Turkish çatal kuyruklu martı  [details]
Ukrainian Мартин Сабіни  [details]
Welsh gwylan Sabine [from synonym]  [details]