Sabine's gull insect larvae taken include terrestrial and aquatic beetles, springtails, craneflies, mosquitos, midges, and flower flies (Syrphidae). Sabine's gull The Sabine's gull ("Xema sabini"), also known as the fork-tailed gull or xeme, is a small gull. Its generic placement is disputed; some authors treat it as the sole species in the genus Xema as Xema sabini, while others retain it in the genus "Larus" as Larus sabini. The Sabine's gull breeds in colonies on coasts and tundra, laying two or three spotted olive-brown eggs in a ground nest lined with grass. It is very pelagic outside the breeding season. It takes
Swallow-tailed gull chick takes its first flight at about 60–70 days old, and is fed by the adults until about 90 days, when it leaves the land, possibly with the adults, to live over the open seas. Population trends have not been estimated, but it is not thought to be threatened. The population was estimated to be about 35,000 individuals when it was last considered in 2004. Swallow-tailed gull The swallow-tailed gull ("Creagrus furcatus") is an equatorial seabird in the gull family, Laridae. It is the only species in the genus Creagrus, which derives from the Latin "Creagra" and the Greek "kreourgos"