Key Facts
Family: Laridae
Biometrics:
Length: 55 to 72 cm, Weight: 960 to 2100 g, Wingspan: 142 to 170 cm
Range:
Breed in colonies in marshes and islands from southern Russia to Mongolia. They are migratory, in wintering season they travel to the Middle East, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the South Caspian Sea, the Arabian Sea, the North Indian Ocean, and the Bay of Bengal. They also winter in the Indus valley in Pakistan, the Ganges valley in northern India, and Myanmar.
Habitat:
Marshes and islands, coasts, large rivers, lakes
Clicked at: Bhigwan, Maharashtra and Nal Sarovar in Gujarat
