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- Longueur
- 30–32 cm
- Envergure
- 66–73 cm
- Poids
- 140 g
Présence dans le détroit
Scarce migrant.
Identification
Jackdaw-sized, blue with reddish-brown back. Large head and strong black bill. In flight, blackish primaries contrast with blue wing-coverts; slow and powerful wing-beat. Juveniles have duller colours and their blue feathers tinged brown.
Déplacements
Peaks in 2nd hf. April and 1st hf. August. Prenuptial migration is very conspicuous on the African coast and postnuptial migration on the European coast.
Texte éditorial de Bioestrecho. Dernière révision : 8 septembre 2026.
Galerie
Mourad Harzallah, CC BY · 2021
SteveM4560, CC BY · 2024
SteveM4560, CC BY · 2024
SteveM4560, CC BY · 2024
SteveM4560, CC BY · 2024
Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, CC BY · 2020
