Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
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About Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
The great black-backed gull, sometimes referred to as greater black-backed gull, is the largest species of seabird in the gull and tern family Laridae. It is a very aggressive hunter, pirate and scavenger which breeds on the North Atlantic coasts and islands of northern Europe and northeastern North America. Southern populations are generally sedentary, while those breeding in the far north migrate farther south in winter. A few also move inland to large lakes and reservoirs. The adult has a white head, neck and underparts, dark blackish-grey wings and back, pink legs and the bill yellow with a red spot.
Source: Wikipedia
Visits
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2007-06-14
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge - Deleware Bay, United States of AmericaReed's Beach -
2010-06-21
Cape May Point State Park, United States of America -
2016-07-09
Witless Bay, Canada -
2016-07-10
Cape Spear, Canada -
2016-07-11
St. Shott's, Canada -
2016-07-12
St. Shott's, Canada -
2016-07-12
Cape St. Mary's, Canada -
2016-12-27
Hudson River, United States of America -
2017-10-28
Norfolk Coast, England -
2019-09-28
Isle of May, England -
2019-10-02
Orkney Islands, England -
2019-10-03
Orkney Islands, England -
2021-07-08
Reykjavik, Iceland -
2021-07-10
Myvatn Area, Iceland -
2021-07-13
Eastern Iceland, Iceland -
2021-07-15
Southern Iceland, Iceland -
2021-07-15
Westmann Islands, Iceland -
2021-07-16
Westmann Islands, Iceland -
2021-07-17
Westmann Islands, Iceland -
2021-07-18
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, United States of America -
2021-07-19
Stone Harbor Wetlands Institute, United States of America -
2021-07-20
Cape May Ferry to Cape Henelope, Deleware, United States of America -
2021-09-27
Selsey, England -
2023-05-17
Cape May Point State Park, United States of America -
2023-05-17
Stone Harbor Point, United States of America -
2023-05-18
Shell Bay Landing, United States of America -
2023-05-19
Cape May Point State Park, United States of America -
2025-03-13
Toledo, Spain -
2025-03-14
Portland Islands, United States of America -
2025-04-13
Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda
