Sabine's gull treated as comprising a monotypic genus; it is only placed within the genus "Larus" when the genus is enlarged. The black bill and notched tail are almost unique within the gulls, as they are shared only with the swallow-tailed gull of the Galapagos. On the basis of this the two species were often thought to be each other's closest relatives, a hypothesis ruled out by a number of behaviour and ecological differences. Mitochondrial DNA studies confirmed that they are not closely related, and the closest relative of the Sabine's gull is now thought to be the ivory gull, another Arctic
Fork-tailed storm petrel fork-tailed storm petrels today are global climate change and introduced species. An increased severity of storms makes it more dangerous to forage, decreasing the chances that an adult will return to the colony. The introduction of mammals also adversely affect storm petrels, where raccoons and river otters predate upon nests, and rabbits increase soil erosion and compromise the structural integrity of burrows. Fork-tailed storm petrel The fork-tailed storm petrel ("Oceanodroma furcata" or "Hydrobates furcatus") is a small seabird of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae. It is the second most abundant and widespread storm petrel (after the Leach's storm petrel) and