Small white-headed gull with a little yellow bill and yellow legs. Head looks very round and petite. Breeding adults have a red ring around the eye.
Small to medium-sized gull with a little yellow bill and a round head. Nonbreeding adults have smudgy tan marks on the head and neck.
Note small bill and rounded head. First-winter birds have gray back, brown markings on the wings, and barred undertail coverts.
First-winter birds start to acquire pale gray back feathers, but are otherwise tan with white fringing. Note small bicolored bill.
Juveniles are pale brown with white feather edging. Note dark barring on the undertail coverts.
Nonbreeding adults in flight show large white spots on the primaries.
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A small gull with a short, slender bill. It has a small head, short neck, rather short tail, and moderately long legs.
Larger than a Bonaparte’s Gull, smaller than a Ring-billed Gull.
crow-sizedGulls, Terns, and Skimmers(Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Laridae)
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