Back Mikstertmeeu Afrikaans نورس شوكي الذيل Arabic نورس شوكى الذيل ARZ Larus sabini AST Lofta (Xema) AVK Вилоопашата чайка Bulgarian Gouelanig lost forc'hek Breton Gavineta cuaforcada Catalan Xema sabini CEB Xema sabini Corsican
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Genus: | Xema Leach, 1819 |
| Species: | X. sabini
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| Xema sabini | |
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| Range Breeding Migration Non-breeding
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Sabine's gull (/ˈseɪbaɪn/ SAY-bine or /ˈsæbaɪn/ SAB-ine) (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.[2] 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.
- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Xema sabini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22694479A157413905. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22694479A157413905.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Stenhouse, Iain J.; Egevang, Carsten; Phillips, Richard A. (2011). "Trans-equatorial migration, staging sites and wintering area of Sabine's Gulls Larus sabini in the Atlantic Ocean". Ibis. 154 (1): 42–51. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01180.x. Retrieved 6 September 2024.