Common Gull (Larus canus)
(aka Mew Gull)
Scotland
The Common Gull breeds in northern Europe, across northern Asia and into Alaska and north-west Canada. In winter it moves south or disperses internally as in the British Isles.
Common Gull
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Common Gull
Both Sexes
Grey upperparts, white head and underparts, and black wing-tips. Yellow-green legs.
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The Common Gull: The Common Gull, Larus canus is a medium-sized gull which breeds in the northwest of North America (where it is called Mew Gull), Europe and Asia. It migrates further south in winter.
Common Gull, North-west European Mew Gull, Common Kamchatka Gull, Kamchatka Gull, Sea Mew, Short-Billed Gull
Bird Family :
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The common gull called sea gull, is a sub species of the common European gull. It is found on the Pacific coasts, Atlantic coasts as well as the Great Lakes.
Our Common Gull is seldom seen in the adult plumage of winter beyond the shores of Maryland southward, or in full summer plumage beyond the Bay of New York, and this rarely after the middle of April, as at that period they gather into flocks, ...
Size Comparison Common Gulls
Bird in foreground is a Black-legged Kittiwake. Notice that it is much smaller than the Herring Gulls and the Great Black-backed Gull to the right. Photo by Jim Wallius and used with his permission.
From Harrison 1983 ...
The Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) is a common gull across most of the coastlines on North America. It breeds along the Great Lakes and across Canada and in winter may be found throughout much of the interior of the United States.
The Ring-billed Gull is probably the most common gull found in the state. Adapted well to living with humans, it can often be found sitting in parking lots or scavenging at landfills.
Common gull (Larus canus)
Common crane (Grus grus)
Levant sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes)
Lesser short-toed lark (Calandrella rufescens)
White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
Little egret (Egretta garzetta)
Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) ...
Distant Common and Red-throated Loons were just recognizable while Brant, Red-breasted Mergansers and the three common gulls were closer and easier to identify.
They noted its conspicuous greenish legs and its unmarked and unbanded, small yellowish bill and were convinced that the bird was either the western Mew Gull or its European counterpart, the Common Gull, Larus canus canus.
Mew Gull Larus canus
Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Common Gull, Kamchatka Gull, Eastern Common Gull, Eastern Mew Gull, Short-billed Gull
Old scientific name(s): Larus glaucus ...
The Mew Gull, native to the northern forests of northwestern North America, also breed in northern Eurasia, where it is known as the Common Gull. In Alberta, it nests only in the northeastern corner of the province.
The common gull—called sea gull in North America—is the herring gull Larus argentatus smithsonianus, a subspecies of the common European gull L. argentatus. It is found on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and on the Great Lakes.
Larus canus Mew gull, Common gull
Larus delawarensis Ring-billed gull
Larus dominicanus Kelp gull
Larus fuliginosus Lava gull
Larus fuscus Lesser black-backed gull
Larus genei Slender-billed gull
Larus glaucescens Glaucous-winged gull ...
polnatorhinus (often incorrectly spelt pomarinus), about the size of a common gull, Larus canus, and presenting, irrespective of sex, two very distinct phases of plumage, one almost wholly sooty-brown, ...
Gull, Common aka Mew Gull Larus canus Found: North America Europe, Asia
Photographed by: 1 - 5) Dick Daniels in Scotland 6) Alan D Wilson at Whiffin Spit Park, Sooke, Near Victoria, British Columbia
1) Juvenile 2) Common Gull in front, ...
defensive at nest; often perform distraction display. Protective cover is critical factor in selection of nest site. Drops sea urchins from heights onto beach to crack. Adult plumage attained in third year. Known in Europe as Common Gull.
 See also: Flamingo, Kittiwake, Cormorant, Common Tern, Grouse
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