Aves |
Charadriiformes |
Laridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Others. Tropical
Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: Argentina, Brazil and Peru.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 35.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 160.00 g (Ref. 356)
Culmen: 6.14 cm; tarsus: 2.59 cm; wing: 27.52 cm.
Total Length: 28 to 35 cm; Wingspan: 76 to 78 cm (Ref. 8812). Dipping; coastal. Outside breeding season, ranges north on Pacific coast to south Peru, and on Atlantic coast to Rio de Janeiro region, and Chubut, Argentina (Ref. 356).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
SAUP Database. 2006. (Ref. 356)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 12.1 - 20.5, mean 15.7 (based on 260 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (25 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.