First record of Western Gull, Larus occidentalis Audubon, 1839 (Charadriiformes, Laridae), for Honduras

By

Van Dort, John

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-6-26

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

16

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

781--784

Subjects

Central America , Choluteca , Gulf Fonseca , new avian record

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/16.3.781

 

Abstract

I present the first record for Honduras of Western Gull, Larus occidentalis Audubon, 1839, a species found on the Pacific coast of southern Canada, the United States and northern Mexico. An adult was present for at least two weeks at an estuary in the Gulf of Fonseca in southern Honduras. This observation represents the third record of this species for Central America.