Ross's Gull Photo Gallery
Breeding adult
A small gull with a short, slender black bill, rounded head, and pale gray wings. Breeding adult has a thin black necklace or collar and pink wash to underparts.
© Shiloh Schulte / Macaulay LibraryAlaska, June 20, 2018Nonbreeding adult
Nonbreeding adult has a dark spot behind the ear, smudge around eyes, and pinkish wash to underparts. Wings are uniform pale gray with gray tips. Legs are red.
© Brian Sullivan / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, January 12, 2017Breeding adult
A small, almost dovelike gull with a round head and short black bill. Breeding adult has a lovely pink wash to the underparts, a black necklace, light gray upperparts, and vibrant red legs.
© Josep del Hoyo / Macaulay LibrarySakha, June 22, 2019Not all videos have soundFirst summer
First-summer bird has black necklace of adult and prominent black wing patch of juvenile.
© Ornitocampero Haritz Sarasa / Macaulay LibraryFinnmark, June 23, 2014Breeding adult
Breeding adult is one of the most beautiful and distinctive gulls, with its black necklace, pink underparts, and wedge-shaped tail.
© Lev Frid / Macaulay LibraryNunavut, May 29, 2018Breeding adult
Nests on small, dry rises in marshy tundra in the High Arctic.
© Josep del Hoyo / Macaulay LibrarySakha, June 22, 2019Not all videos have soundNonbreeding adult
In flight, note long, slender wings and tern-like flight.
© Tyler Ficker / Macaulay LibraryAlaska, October 11, 2020First winter
First-winter bird has bold blackish M on the upperwings, dark spot behind eye, and dark tip to the wedge-shaped tail.
© Ian Davies / Macaulay LibraryNew York, January 29, 2017Breeding adult
A small, graceful, long-winged gull with a distinctive wedge-shaped tail.
© Josep del Hoyo / Macaulay LibrarySakha, June 22, 2019Not all videos have soundBreeding adult and first summer
A bird of the remote far north. Seen regularly at Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska, but otherwise extremely rare anywhere in North America.
© Tom Johnson / Macaulay LibraryAlaska, June 23, 2018Species in This Family
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers(Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Laridae)
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