Little gull
Mediterranean gull
Audouin’s gull is a large gull restricted to the Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ikhthus, “fish”, and aetos, “eagle”, and the specific audouinii and the English name are after the French naturalist Jean Victoire Audouin.
Conservation status: Near Threatened (Population stable)
Scientific name: Ichthyaetus audouinii
Mass: 530 g
Higher classification: Ichthyaetus