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 2 years ago 31 sec 4.6 -
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 5 years ago 16 sec 4.6 -
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 4 years ago 1 min 31 sec 4.6 -
A 2nd winter bird feeding. Locality Bremerhaven, Bremen State, Germany
Andreas Noeske 2 February 2009 4 years ago 57 sec 4.4 -
An immature feeding on Horseshoe crab eggs with Laughing and Ring-billed Gulls Locality Port Mahon, Kent County, Delaware, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 May 2006 6 years ago 42 sec 4.3 -
Adult and juveniles Locality Presqu'île de Quiberon, Morbihan, Bretagne, France
Pascal Vagner 28 July 2011 1 year ago 31 sec 4.2
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Chick at the nest
Locality Ingolfshofdi, Austurland (East) Region, Iceland
Marco Valentini 19 June 2012 43 weeks ago 4.6 -
Adult swallowing a fish caught in the shallows
Locality Grande Île, Chausey Group, Manche, Basse-Normandie, Normandie, France
Ian Barker 10 July 2012 34 weeks ago 4.4 -
Juvenile in flight
Locality Cornwall, England, Great Britain
nottsexminer 29 June 2012 14 weeks ago 4.2 -
Adult
Locality Lesser Poland Province, Poland
Paul Cools 16 August 2008 27 weeks ago 4.2 -
Adult gull killing a guillemot
Locality Látrabjarg, Westfjords Region, Iceland
Marco Valentini 9 June 2012 31 weeks ago 4.2 -
A juvenile Great Black-backed Gull feeding on a dead Mallard.
Locality Ystad, Skane County, Sweden
Jonn Leffmann 6 January 2009 4 years ago 4.2
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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 4 years ago 4
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