English: Common Gull
Russian: Сизая чайка
Mongolian: Үүлэн цахлай
German: Sturmmowe
French: Goeland cendre
Japanese: カモメ (Kamome)
Body length: 40-46 cm
Wing span: 99-108 cm
Passage migrant
Breeding season: May-August
Egg number: 3 (occasionally 1-4)
Egg colour: Light olive greenish, or buffish
with dark brown, black or olive spots.
Brood:
1 per year
Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least concern
Food: Earthworms, insects, aquatic and
terrestrial invertebrates and small fishes.
Habitat: Breeding pairs nest in colonies,
sometimes in single pairs, on islands in lakes and large rivers. After breeding
season, young and adults forage in flocks of 8-30 individuals on grassy and
rocky river banks, islands, on sandy beaches, sandy or stony bars or small
islets in streams or rivers, near small pools and flooded areas of large
rivers.