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
Fork-tailed storm petrel is along the coast of the northern Pacific Ocean, extending from northern California to northeast Asia. They mainly feed on planktonic crustaceans, small fish and squid, but will also consume offal. Similarly to other storm-petrels, it forages by picking food of the surface of the water while in flight. The fork-tailed storm petrel is small seabird that is 20 cm in length with a wingspan of 45.9 cm. Its foraging behaviour resembles other storm-petrels, where it flies with short stiff wingbeats close to the surface of the water. Despite its name, the forked tail in this bird is not always