Birds of the Upper Cumberland Region: Species Accounts
Mew Gull (Larus canus)
Abundance: Occasional; 2 records in 1 Kentucky county (Map of UCR Distribution); data from the Regional bird-monitoring efforts are too few to determine a trend in the population visiting the Region (see also Regional Bird-Monitoring Plan).
Status: Visitor during fall (2 records); photographs (see links below).
Information on Records:
18 October 2009 (1—winter adult) Barren River Lake State Resort Park, Barren County, Kentucky (David L. Roemer photo, photo).
18–24 October 2010 (1) Barren River Lake State Resort Park, Barren County, Kentucky (David L. Roemer et al.).
Habitat: large lakes.
YardWatch Results 2003 and 2004: no registrations.
Remarks: Extremely difficult to separate from Ring-billed Gull (L. delawarensis); note placement of white spotting in primaries (see second photo above).
Check-lists of Birds for the Counties of the UCR
Check-lists of the birds of each county of the Upper Cumberland Region may be viewed by clicking on the links below. For each county, there are two check-lists: one list that shows the species that have been observed and where possible documented in the county within the larger list for the entire Region; and one list that includes only the species observed in the county with annotations for the date and observers for at least one sighting (the ultimate goal of the latter list will be to include annotations for the very first known Regional observation of each species in that county; this goal is probably one that will take many years to complete, if completion is even a possibility). To see if the species discussed in this species account has been observed in a county, click below or click on the link for the Map of UCR Distribution near the top of the page.
| Barren | Metcalfe | Adair | Russell | Pulaski |
| Monroe | Cumberland | Clinton | Wayne | McCreary |
| Macon | Clay | Pickett | Fentress | Scott |
| Smith | Jackson | Overton | Putnam | Morgan |
| DeKalb | White | Cumberland | ||
| Warren | Van Buren | Bledsoe |
Check-lists of Birds for Some Public Access Birding Sites of the UCR
Check-lists of the birds of some public access birding sites within the Upper Cumberland Region may be viewed via the links below. To see if the species dealt with in this species account has been observed within any of these sites, click on the appropriate link below. See the pages for each county within the Gazetteer for links to additional smaller public access birding sites with check-lists in progress.
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