Gulls (Laridae)
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) - HBW 3, p. 605
French: Goéland marin
German: Mantelmöwe
Spanish: Gavión Atlántico
Taxonomy: Larus marinus Linnaeus, 1758, Gotland, Sweden.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Great Lakes, E Canada and USA to North Carolina; S Greenland; Iceland, Faeroes, British Is, NW France and Scandinavia E to at least White Sea, including Bear I and Spitsbergen. Winters S to West Indies and Iberia, occasionally reaching Morocco.
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A close-up of an adult bird Locality Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark County, Norway
Javier Ortas 21 June 2010 1 year ago 31 sec 4.3 -
A bird standing on the beach, a front close view of the head Locality Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Robert Schaefer 26 November 2006 4 years ago 16 sec 4.3 -
Adult bird feeding on redfish Sebastes spec., 1st winter Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides in the background (rare winter visitor to Locality Bremerhaven, Bremen State, Germany
Andreas Noeske 5 February 2009 3 years ago 1 min 31 sec 4.3 -
An adult bird on a boat and swimming Locality Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark County, Norway
Javier Ortas 18 June 2010 1 year ago 31 sec 4 -
Watch the feathers in flight of this juvenile. Locality Long Island, New York, USA (United States)
UltraSlo 18 February 2009 2 years ago 1 min 6 sec 4 -
A 2nd winter bird feeding. Locality Bremerhaven, Bremen State, Germany
Andreas Noeske 2 February 2009 3 years ago 57 sec 4
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A pair of adults in a mixed flock with Larus ridibundus and Larus fuscus
Locality De IJzermonding Nature Reserve, Nieuwpoort, West Flanders Province, Belgium
Marco Valentini 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
A juvenile Great Black-backed Gull feeding on a dead Mallard.
Locality Ystad, Skane County, Sweden
Jonn Leffmann 6 January 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Starting
Locality Percé, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 16 July 2008 1 year ago 3.8 -
An immature
Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 22 August 2009 1 year ago 3.7 -
Looking for a stray chick in gannet colony below
Locality Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, Wexford County, Ireland
Brendan Marnell 22 June 2009 1 year ago 3.6 -
2nd winter bird on boat.
Locality Orange Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
nigel lallsingh 22 February 2009 31 weeks ago 3.5
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Two birds calling with Herring Gulls. Locality Winspit, Isle of Purbeck, Purbeck, Dorset, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 18 June 2001 2 years ago 4
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