Wildlifeof Thailand
Slender-billed Gull
Laridae
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Chroicocephalus genei
Basic stats
Diet
Fish and aquatic invertebrates
Habitat
Coastal lagoons, salt lakes and estuaries
Range
Mediterranean through Central and South Asia
The slender-billed gull is a pale gull with an elongated head, long dark-red bill and long legs; adults lack a full dark hood. It breeds colonially around coastal lagoons and salt lakes from the Mediterranean through Central Asia. Flocks wade or swim while taking fish and aquatic invertebrates, and disperse to estuaries and sheltered coasts outside breeding (Wikipedia, general species account). It is Nationally Least Concern (Thailand Red Data 2025).
Quick answers
- What does the Slender-billed Gull eat?
- Fish and aquatic invertebrates
- What habitat does the Slender-billed Gull live in?
- Coastal lagoons, salt lakes and estuaries
- Where is the Slender-billed Gull found?
- Mediterranean through Central and South Asia