Gulls

Kelp Gull

Larus dominicanus - Kelp Gull - adult and young
Larus dominicanus - Kelp Gull
Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Lagoa do Peixe, Brasil • November 2009

Bird name: Kelp Gull
Latin: Larus dominicanus
Other: Southern Black Backed Gull • Gaivotão • Karoro
Family: Laridae • Gulls

Various stages of Kelp Gull seen in the south of Brazil in November.More photos...
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Brown Hooded Gull

Brown Hooded Gull - Haematopus palliatus
Brown Hooded Gull - Haematopus palliatus in flight
Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Mostardas, Brazil • November 2009

Bird name: Brown Hooded Gull
Latin: Chroicocephalus maculipennis
Other: Larus maculipennis • Gaviota-maria-velha (Br) • Gaviotín • Gaviota Cáhuil • Chelle
Family: Laridae • Gulls

The Brown-hooded Gull looks remarkably similar to our European Black-headed Gull. Brown head, dark red bill and legs in breeding season - though it’s a little larger than the Black-headed Gull. Found in southern South America near wetlands etc.More photos...
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Pallas's Gull

Pallas's Gull or Great Black-headed Gull roaming in Romania
Photos copyright: monacoeye • Danube Delta, Romania • May 2009 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Pallas’s Gull • Great Black Headed Gull
Latin: Larus ichthyaetus
Other: Pallas’s Gull • Great Black Headed Gull
Family: Laridae • Gulls

Probably the most unusual bird I saw on my trip, this Pallas’s Gull, or Great Black-headed Gull, flew past as we were exploring the canals near Sulina. I took it for a deformed Mediterranean Gull at the time ! Fortunately I bothered to snap a photo, or I would never have known…More photos...
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Gull Comparison

Mediterranean and Black Headed Gull

The Black Headed Gull is in the foreground. The other gulls are Mediterranean Gulls, in summer plumage. Photos taken May 2009, Camargue.

Head: Med Gull is black, Black Headed Gull is chocolate
Legs and beak: Med Gull bright red, BHG off red
Wing tips: Med Gull white, BHG dark
Size: Med Gull slightly larger than BHGMore photos...
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Mediterranean Gull

Larus melanocephalus - Mediterranean Gull

Bird name: Mediterranean Gull
Latin: Larus melanocephalus
Other: Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Family: Laridae • Gulls

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • Mar 2009

Photo: March 2009, CamargueMore photos...
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Yellow Legged Gull

Larus cachinans - Yellow Legged Gull

Bird name: Yellow Legged Gull
Latin: Larus cachinnans michahellis
Other: Goéland leucophée • Gabian • Larus michahellis
Family: Laridae • Gulls

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • Mar 2009

The adult Yellow Legged Gull has black wing tips with small white patches (windows), grey upper wing, yellow beak and legs, with red spot on beak, yellow iris with red eye-ring. More photos...
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Black Headed Gull

Black Headed Gull

Bird name: Black Headed Gull
Latin: Larus ridibundus
Other: Chroicocephalus ridibundus • Laughing Gull
Family: Laridae • Gulls

Photo: monacoeye • Camargue • March 2009More photos...
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