A very large, common and widespread gull more common in northern (cold) climates. Note less rounded head and stockier shape than slightly smaller gulls like the Lesser Black-backed Gull. | ||||||||||||
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A medium-sized gull nesting in northwest North America, split from the Eurasian Mew (Common) Gull. | ||||||
A large gull similar to the Herring Gull (including size), but note yellow legs. | ||||||
Similar to Ring-billed Gull but slightly larger, longer thinner bill, small head, and dark eyes (HBW). | ||||||
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Mid-sized gull. Note light colored eye in mature adult. | ||||||||||||
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A large gull with a dark grey back and (in adult) note red orbital ring (skin around eye). | ||||||||||||
A large gull with a white back and glaucous colored wings. Note, like many gulls, immature is brown. | ||||||||||||
Note pink legs. A medium-sized gull with light colors and red orbital ring (around eye). | ||||||
Easy to identify by grey or dark grey color. Immatures are brown. | ||||||
A large gull. Unlike many gulls, juvenile is also light-colored (to buff but not brown). Note pinkish legs and glaucous color. | ||||||||||||
A large dark-backed gull with yellow legs. Other similar gulls are rare in the range of this species, where it is most similar to Western Gull, but note pink legs. | ||||||
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A large gull with yellow legs similar to the Herring Gull. According to HBW, 10% of the Yellow-legged Gulls in Spain have pink legs. Immatures also have pink legs. | ||||||||||||
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A large dark-backed gull found along the west coast of north and Central America. | ||||||
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