Sabines Gull Collection

Sabine tern birds from Great Britain 1897
Birds from Great Britain 1897 by R. Bowdler Sharpe, London

Sabines Gull
LLM338765 Sabines Gull by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sabines Gull. A Hand-Book to the Birds of Great Britain by R. Bowdler Sharpe (1896).); © Look and Learn

Sabines Gull (chromolitho)
3644031 Sabines Gull (chromolitho) by Lydon, Alexander Francis (1836-1917); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sabines Gull. Illustration for Sketch Book of British Birds by R Bowdler Sharpe (SPCK)

Juvenile Sabines Gull in flight

Sabines Gull adult foraging

Sabines Gull adult perched in water

Sabines Gulls On An Iceberg Showing A Territorrial Dispute, Columbia Bay, Prince William Sound, Southcentral Alaska

Xema sabini, Sabines gull
Plate 67 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Xema sabini, Sabines gull, Calidris alba, sanderling
Plate 285 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

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Discover the captivating world of the Sabines Gull (Xema sabini), a seabird once depicted in an iconic chromolitho from The Natural History of American Birds of Eastern North America in 1897. This elegant bird, with its distinctive black "M" marking on its white wings, is a native of Great Britain and a common sight in the North Atlantic. Observe the agile juvenile in flight, the focused adult foraging in the water, and the intense territorial dispute between two adults on an iceberg in Columbia Bay, Prince William Sound, Southcentral Alaska. The Sabines Gull, also known as the Sabine's Tern or the Atlantic Sabine, shares its name with the Sabine tern and the sanderling (Calidris alba). Experience the beauty and wonder of this remarkable seabird through these captivating illustrations.