Status of Breeding Seabirds in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
Information available on seabirds for the
region is limited, with the majority of studies
carried out one to two decades ago. Accounts
indicate that there are 17 true seabird species
and 14 other water bird species. Among these
birds the Jouanin’s petrel and swift tern have
the smallest sub-populations. The white-eyed
gull, endemic to the Red Sea and Gulf of
Aden, has large populations on the northern
Egyptian Red Sea islands unlike the sooty
gull and spoonbill that are apparently
abundant in the southern Red Sea.
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