Plump gull with a thin bill. Adults are entirely white with a yellow-tipped bill and a dark eye.
Full-bellied gull with a small head and thin bill. Immatures have a dark mask around the face and black speckling on the wings and tail.
Ivory Gulls are highly opportunistic foragers, foraging on small fish, invertebrates, and small mammals, as well as carcasses and human trash.
The amount of black markings on immature birds varies; some have a slight smudge on the face and light speckling on the wings and tail, while others have a dark mask and heavy speckling.
The only all white gull. Note thin yellow-tipped bill and black eyes and legs.
Immature has sooty speckling on the face, a dusky gray bill, and dark gray spots on the tips of wing and tail feathers.
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A small, full-bellied gull with a short neck, a small, rounded head, and a fairly small, straight bill relative to other gulls.
Larger than a Bonaparte's Gull, smaller than an Iceland Gull.
between crow and gooseGulls, Terns, and Skimmers(Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Laridae)
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