Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Charadriiformes > Laridae > Larus > Larus atlanticusLarus atlanticus (Olrog's Gull)Olrog's gull (Larus atlanticus) is a species of gull found along the Atlantic coast of southern Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the very similar L. belcheri. It is a large gull with a black back and wings, white head and underparts, a black band in the otherwise white tail, and a yellow bill with a red and black tip. Non-breeding adults have a blackish head and a white eye-ring. The species is named after Swedish-Argentine biologist Claes C. Olrog.It has a rather restricted breeding range and is threatened by habitat loss, and the IUCN rate it as being "Near Threatened". |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 1.95882 EDGE Score: 2.47108 |
Adult Weight [1] | 1.87 lbs (848 g) | Female Weight [1] | 1.691 lbs (767 g) | Male Weight [1] | 2.05 lbs (930 g) | Weight Dimorphism [1] | 21.3 % |  | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore | Diet - Fish [2] | 10 % | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 80 % | Diet - Scavenger [2] | 10 % | Forages - Water Surface [2] | 100 % |  | Clutch Size [3] | 2 | Incubation [3] | 26 days | Wing Span [3] | 4.428 feet (1.35 m) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Espinal |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Humid Pampas |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Patagonian steppe |
Chile, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Uruguayan savanna |
Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Parque Atlantico Mar Chiquita Nature Reserve |
VI |
706059 |
Cordoba, Argentina |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Arroyo Maldonado wetlands |
Uruguay |
A1 |
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Bahía de Samborombón y Punta Rasa |
Argentina |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Cuenca del Río Salado |
Argentina |
A1 |
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Estuário da Laguna dos Patos |
Brazil |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Estuario del Río Gallegos |
Argentina |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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José Ignacio Lagoon |
Uruguay |
A1, A4i |
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Laguna Melincué |
Argentina |
A1, A4i |
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Norte del Golfo San Jorge |
Argentina |
A1, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Parque Costero del Sur |
Argentina |
A1, A3 |
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Parque Nacional da Lagoa do Peixe |
Brazil |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Penino Beach and Santa Lucía Wetlands |
Uruguay |
A1, A2 |
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Península y Bahía de San Julián |
Argentina |
A1, A3, A4ii, A4iii |
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Playa Punta Mogotes y Puerto de Mar del Plata |
Argentina |
A1, A4i |
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Reserva Campos del Tuyú, Estancia El Palenque y Los Ingleses |
Argentina |
A1 |
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Reserva de Biosfera Albufera de Mar Chiquita |
Argentina |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Reserva de Uso Múltiple Bañados del Río Dulce y Laguna Mar Chiquita |
Argentina |
A1, A2, A4i, A4iii |
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Reserva de Uso Múltiple de Bahía Blanca, Bahía Falsa y Bahía Verde |
Argentina |
A1, A4i |
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Reserva de Uso Múltiple San Blas y Refugio de Vida silvestre Complementario |
Argentina |
A1 |
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Reserva Natural de Uso Múltiple Isla Martín García |
Argentina |
A1 |
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Reserva Natural Punta Lara |
Argentina |
A1 |
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San Antonio Oeste |
Argentina |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Villa marítima El Cóndor |
Argentina |
A1 |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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