Swallow-tailed Gull
A species of Swallow-tailed Gull Scientific name : Creagrus furcatus Genus : Swallow-tailed Gull
Swallow-tailed Gull, A species of Swallow-tailed Gull
Botanical name: Creagrus furcatus
Genus: Swallow-tailed Gull
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Description General Info
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Description
The swallow-tailed gull has no structural or plumage differences between the male and female. In the breeding season, the adult has a black plumaged head and a bright red fleshy rim around each eye. Outside the breeding season, the head is white and the eye rim becomes black. It has a grayish upper breast, gray mantle, and black wingtips. The mostly black bill has a contrasting white tip. 
Size
57 cm
Life Expectancy
49 years
Feeding Habits
Swallow-tailed Gull primarily feeds on squid, and clupeid fishes like sardines. They exhibit nocturnal foraging behavior, using unique adaptations to hunt in the dark. Their diet reflects a specialization for marine organisms.
Habitat
Swallow-tailed Gull's habitat is primarily associated with the marine environment, favoring regions such as steep slopes, broken cliffs, and clifftop ledges located above the wave zone. These birds are partial to nesting on gravelly beaches and sheltering under coastal vegetation across their range. While swallow-tailed Gull has a strong connection to the Galapagos archipelago, it is also notably pelagic, venturing out to open ocean waters, commonly observed feeding up to 500 km from the nearest land.
Dite type
Piscivorous
General Info
Distribution Area
The swallow-tailed gull is a near-endemic breeding bird of the Galápagos Islands, although a few pairs nest on Malpelo Island off the coast of Colombia. When not breeding, it is totally pelagic, flying and hunting over the open oceans, and migrating eastward to the coasts of Ecuador and Peru.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
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Chordates Class
Birds Order
Shorebirds Family
Gulls Genus
Swallow-tailed Gull Species
Swallow-tailed Gull 
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