Check List 16(3): 781-784, doi: 10.15560/16.3.781

First record of Western Gull, Larus occidentalis Audubon, 1839 (Charadriiformes, Laridae), for Honduras

John van Dort^‡

‡ Escuela Agricola Panamericana Zamorano, Centro Zamorano de Biodiversidad, Tegucigalpa, FM, Honduras

Corresponding author: John van Dort ( john.vandort@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Caio J. Carlos

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Citation: van Dort J (2020) First record of Western Gull, Larus occidentalis Audubon, 1839 (Charadriiformes, Laridae), for Honduras. Check List 16(3): 781-784. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.3.781

Abstract

I present the first record for Honduras of Western Gull, Larus occidentalis Audubon, 1839, a species found on the Pacific coast of southern Canada, the United States and northern Mexico. An adult was present for at least two weeks at an estuary in the Gulf of Fonseca in southern Honduras. This observation represents the third record of this species for Central America.

Keywords

Central America, Choluteca, Gulf Fonseca, new avian record