Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Сива чайка |
| Czech | racek tmavý |
| Danish | Atacamamåge |
| Dutch | Grijze Meeuw |
| English | Gray Gull |
| English (United States) | Gray Gull |
| Finnish | aavikkolokki |
| French | Goéland gris |
| French (French Guiana) | Goéland gris |
| German | Graumöwe |
| Greek | Λευκόστικτος Γλάρος |
| Icelandic | Sefmáfur |
| Japanese | ハイイロカモメ |
| Norwegian | ørkenmåke |
| Polish | mewa szara |
| Russian | Серая чайка |
| Serbian | Sivi mali galeb |
| Slovak | čajka púšťová |
| Spanish | Gaviota Garuma |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Gaviota Garuma |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gaviota garuma |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Gaviota Torero |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gaviota Gris |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Gaviota Gris |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gaviota Gris |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gaviota Gris |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gaviota garuma |
| Swedish | ökenmås |
| Turkish | Kül Rengi Martı |
| Ukrainian | Мартин сірий |
Revision Notes
Rodrigo Silva, Ignacio Escobar, and Fernando Medrano revised the account as part of a partnership with Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile (ROC). Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. JoAnn Hackos, Robin K. Murie, Daphne R. Walmer, and Miriam Kowarski copy edited the account, August Davidson-Onsgard curated the media, and Huy Chi Truong generated the range map.
Leucophaeus modestus (von Tschudi, 1843)
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- LEUCOPHAEUS
- leucophaeus
- modesta / modestum / modestus
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Habitat
Habitat in Breeding Range
The breeding sites, first discovered in the 1970s, are barren, mostly flat, montane deserts, which lack vegetation but have big rocks that provide shade for the chicks when the parents leave the nest in search of food (31, 19, 20).
A coastal breeding event was exceptionally recorded in northern Chile during a developing El Niño event (17, 19), but this colony no longer exists (20).
Habitat in Nonbreeding Range
Gray Gull feeds along sandy coastal beaches and offshore, within the Humboldt Current, often feeding with flocks of other seabirds.