---
title: "Gaivota-de-sabine"
description: "Xema sabini — Aves. Sabine's gull ( SAY-bin; Xema sabini) is a small gull."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/sabine-s-gull
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gaivota-de-sabine

> Xema sabini — Aves. Sabine's gull ( SAY-bin; Xema sabini) is a small gull.

- Scientific name: *Xema sabini*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa), `arctic` (Ártico)
- iNaturalist observations: 3310
- Wikidata: [Q212047](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212047)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4571](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4571)

## Names

- en: Sabine's Gull
- de: Schwalbenmöwe
- es: Gaviota cola hendida
- fr: Mouette de Sabine
- nl: Vorkstaartmeeuw
- pt: Gaivota-de-sabine
- pl: Mewa obrożna

## Countries with the most observations

US (1335), CA (332), FR (111), RU (42), GB (35), MX (33), PT (16), ZA (15), GL (11), SJ (11), AR (10), IE (10)

## Summary

Sabine's gull ( SAY-bin; Xema sabini) is a small gull. It is usually treated as the only species placed in the genus Xema, though some authors include it with other gulls in a wide view of the genus Larus. It has also been known historically as fork-tailed gull or xeme (from the genus name). It breeds in colonies on Arctic coasts and tundra, laying two or three spotted olive-brown eggs in a ground nest lined with grass. Sabine's gull is pelagic outside the breeding season. It takes a wide variety of mainly animal food, and will eat any suitable small prey.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabine%27s_gull

## Photo

![Gaivota-de-sabine](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sabine-s-gull/medium.jpg)

Photo: russnamitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178481247

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sabine-s-gull?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).