Friday, February 6, 2009 - Franklin's Gull, Last Hope Fjords, Chilean Patagonia
A single individual of Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan) was seen flying in the deep Ultima Esperanza (Last Hope) Fjord, Magallanes, in the Chilean Patagonia on December 8, 2008.
This migratory species is an unusual visitor at these latitudes (app. 52 S), being very rare in the Straits of Magellan and the Beagle Channel (app. 54 S). Vagrant individuals have been recorded in the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Orkney and in the Drake Passage, near South Shetland Islands, off the Antarctic Peninsula.
The regular southern range of this gull in the western coast of South America are the coastal mudflats and sandy beaches of Chiloe Island, Chile. © Photos Claudio Vidal, Fantastico Sur Expeditions.
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