Gulls (Laridae)
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens) - HBW 3, p. 607
French: Goéland à ailes grises
German: Beringmöwe
Spanish: Gaviota de Bering
Taxonomy: Larus glaucescens J. F. Naumann, 1840, North America.
Fossil from late Pleistocene, prehistoric specimens from Alaska and California. Closely linked with L. hyperboreus and L. argentatus, and hybridizes with both. Hybridizes freely with L. occidentalis from S British Columbia to Oregon, and by some authors treated as conspecific. Monotypic.
Distribution: Commander Is E through Aleutians, Pribilofs and S Bering Sea to S Alaska, then SE to N Oregon. Winters from Bering Sea to N Japan and Baja California.
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A group of birds looking for food on a harbour. Locality Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 May 2012 40 weeks ago 22 sec 3.8 -
An immature bird walking on a harbour. Locality Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 May 2012 40 weeks ago 20 sec 3.8 -
An immature bird collecting dry grass on a harbour. Locality Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 May 2012 40 weeks ago 26 sec 3.8 -
A dorsal view of an immature perched on a rock. Locality Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 May 2012 42 weeks ago 19 sec 3.8 -
A bird flying and landing on the frozen sea, then another bird flying, seen from below. Locality Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 2 years ago 23 sec 3.7 -
An adult on a rock near by two Slaty-backed Gulls, then flying away. Locality Verkhovsky Island, Peter the Great Bay, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 June 2009 3 years ago 22 sec 3.7
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Adult foraging on a lawn
Locality Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Todd Boland 27 February 2006 4 years ago 3 -
An adult bird in the harbour.
Locality Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Juanjo Ramos 5 August 2009 4 years ago 2.7 -
adult
Locality Shibetsu, Kamikawa (Teshio) District, Hokkaido, Japan
AurélienAudevard 8 February 2010 3 years ago 2.7 -
Two individual on pebbly beach.
Locality Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
Miriam Bauman 26 September 2005 2 years ago 2 -
Adult male flying away.
Locality Washington State, USA (United States)
Niribells6 2 January 2009 4 years ago 1 -
Adult male perched at the beach.
Locality Washington State, USA (United States)
Niribells6 2 January 2009 4 years ago 1
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juvenile begging; eventually the adult walks off, trumpeting
Locality Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
(Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 14 September 2010 27 weeks ago 4.5 -
juvenile begging
Locality Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
(Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 14 September 2010 27 weeks ago 4.5 -
Calls by two birds. Locality Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal, Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 August 2012 31 weeks ago 4 -
Call made when preening Locality Juneau, Alaska, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 30 July 2007 3 years ago 2 -
Calls by several birds. Locality Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 May 2012 40 weeks ago 0
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