Location
Off Cape of Good Hope, Western Cape
South Africa
Metadata
Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
at 640 mm
Exposure 1/1000 s, f/5.6, ISO 250
Image size 800 x 533 pixels
IOC Names
Order Charadriiformes Family Laridae
Deutsch Schwalbenmöwe Dutch Vorkstaartmeeuw
Italian Gabbiano di Sabine Spanish Gaviota de Sabine
Comments
This species is named after Sir Edward and Joseph Sabine who described it in 1819. It breeds in the northernmost North America and Eurasia. The eastern canadian and Greenland populations winter off south west Africa, where this photo was taken. Note the sharply contrasting upperwing pattern.
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| 04/12/2010 |
Sabine's Gull |
Jean-Michel PAULUS
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