Sabine's gull

Sabine's gull
Adult in Iceland
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Laridae
Genus:	Xema Leach, 1819
Species:	X. sabini
Binomial name
Xema sabini (Sabine, 1819) Sabine islands, near Melville Bay, west coast of Greenland
Range   Breeding   Migration   Non-breeding

Sabine's gull (/ˈseɪbɪn/ SAY-bin) (Xema sabini) also known as the fork-tailed gull or xeme, is a small gull. It is the only species placed in the genus Xema. It breeds in colonies on coasts and tundra, laying two or three spotted olive-brown eggs in a ground nest lined with grass. Sabine's gull is pelagic outside the breeding season. It takes a wide variety of mainly animal food, and will eat any suitable small prey.