Large white-headed gull with pale gray wingtips and pink legs. Breeding adult has entirely white head and underparts, and a red spot on the lower bill.
Large pale gray gull with gray wingtips and a heavy bill. Nonbreeding adults have variable amounts of tan smudging on the head and neck.
Large gull with heavy bill, pink legs, and pale gray wings without black in the wingtips.
Large pale gray gull with gray wingtips. Note the wide band of white across the folded wings.
First-winter birds have a heavy black bill and pale brown wingtips that are the same color as the back and wings.
First-winter birds are heavily mottled pale brown and white. Unlike other gulls the wingtips are pale brown. Note dark bill.
Second-winter birds are smudgy brown overall. Some like this individual have less smudging on the head. Note the pale tan wingtips.
Third-winter birds in flight have a wide white trailing edge on the wings and pale tan wingtips and tail band.
In flight, note the wide white trailing edge on the wings and the entirely gray wings (no black in the wingtips).
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A large, heavyset gull with a big, somewhat flat head and a long, heavy bill with a thick tip and pronounced angle along the lower edge.
Larger than an Iceland Gull, smaller than a Glaucous Gull.
between crow and gooseGulls, Terns, and Skimmers(Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Laridae)
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