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title: "Gaivota-de-bico-fino"
description: "Chroicocephalus genei — Aves. The slender-billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei) is a mid-sized gull which breeds very locally around the Mediterranean and the north of the western Indian Ocean (e.g."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/slender-billed-gull
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Gaivota-de-bico-fino

> Chroicocephalus genei — Aves. The slender-billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei) is a mid-sized gull which breeds very locally around the Mediterranean and the north of the western Indian Ocean (e.g.

- Scientific name: *Chroicocephalus genei*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 6623
- Wikidata: [Q391421](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q391421)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144501](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144501)

## Names

- en: Slender-billed Gull
- de: Dünnschnabelmöwe
- es: Gaviota Picofina
- fr: Goéland railleur
- nl: Dunbekmeeuw
- pt: Gaivota-de-bico-fino
- pl: Mewa cienkodzioba

## Countries with the most observations

ES (1025), FR (967), IT (662), RU (446), PT (348), UA (257), IN (250), GR (186), DZ (170), IL (154), TR (132), EG (124)

## Summary

The slender-billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei) is a mid-sized gull which breeds very locally around the Mediterranean and the north of the western Indian Ocean (e.g. Pakistan) on islands and coastal lagoons. Most of the population is somewhat migratory, wintering further south to as far as North Africa and India. A few birds have wandered to western  Europe. A vagrant individual was reportedly seen on Antigua, April 24, 1976 (AOU, 2000).
The genus name  Chroicocephalus is from Ancient Greek khroizo, "to colour", and kephale, "head". The specific genei commemorates Italian naturalist Giuseppe Gené.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender-billed_gull

## Photo

![Gaivota-de-bico-fino](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/slender-billed-gull/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/389947795

## Machine access

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