© Brian Sullivan
Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
Joanna Burger and Michael Gochfeld
Version: 2.0 — Published March 20, 2009
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Franklinmeeu |
| Arabic | نورس فرانكلين |
| Asturian | Gaviota de Franklin |
| Basque | Franklin antxeta |
| Bulgarian | Прерийна чайка |
| Catalan | gavina de Franklin |
| Chinese | 弗氏鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 弗氏鸥 |
| Croatian | prerijski galeb |
| Czech | racek vnitrozemský |
| Danish | Præriemåge |
| Dutch | Franklins Meeuw |
| English | Franklin's Gull |
| English (United States) | Franklin's Gull |
| Faroese | Heygsmási |
| Finnish | preerianaurulokki |
| French | Mouette de Franklin |
| French (France) | Mouette de Franklin |
| Galician | Gaivota das pradarías |
| German | Präriemöwe |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Mòv tèt nwa ti bèk |
| Hebrew | שחף אפור-זנב |
| Hungarian | Prérisirály |
| Icelandic | Sléttumáfur |
| Italian | Gabbiano di Franklin |
| Japanese | アメリカズグロカモメ |
| Lithuanian | Prerinis kiras |
| Norwegian | franklinmåke |
| Polish | mewa preriowa |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | gaivota-de-franklin |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gaivota-das-pradarias |
| Romanian | Pescărușul lui Franklin |
| Russian | Франклинова чайка |
| Serbian | Frenklinov galeb |
| Slovak | čajka prériová |
| Slovenian | Prerijski galeb |
| Spanish | Gaviota Pipizcan |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Gaviota Chica |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gaviota de Franklin |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Gaviota de Franklin |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Galleguito de Franklin |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Gaviota de Franklin |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gaviota de Franklin |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Gaviota de Franklin |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Gaviota de Franklin |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gaviota de Franklin |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Gaviota chica |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gaviota de Franklin |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Gaviota de Franklin |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gaviota pipizcan |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Gaviota de Franklin |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Gaviota Rosada |
| Swedish | präriemås |
| Turkish | Maskeli Martı |
| Ukrainian | Мартин ставковий |
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Franklin's Gull in North America.
Nonbreeders are found scattered widely outside this range during summer and especially postbreeding. Breeding is localized to relatively few colonies (< 50 breeding colony sites documented in any given year), and breeders concentrate within 50 km of colonies. See text for details.
