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Vega Gull
Larus vegae Palmén, 1887
Laridae — Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Vega Gull, Larus vegae, breeds in the Arctic parts of central and eastern Siberia, from Taimyr to Chukotka, as well as on the New Siberian Islands and St. Lawrence Island. Outside the breeding season it reaches the coasts of Japan, the Korean Peninsula and eastern China. It is a gull in the family Laridae and order Charadriiformes. Palmén described it in 1887. Its taxonomic placement has been disputed, and it has been treated in different ways within the herring gull group.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae — Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: Arctic c, e Siberia from Taimyr to Chukotka, New Siberian Is. (far nc Russia) and St. Lawrence I. (n Bering Sea)
- Nonbreeding range
- to coasts of Japan, Korean Pen. and e China
