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Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
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Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

General Description: Ring-billed Gulls (Larus delawarensis) are small gulls with a black ring around the yellow bill. In breeding plumage, the mantle (upper wings and back) is light gray, the wing tips are black, and the legs are yellow. Close up, the eye-ring is red.

Gulls take 2-4 years to mature. The plumage during the juvenile and subadult years differs from the adult breeding plumage, and the plumage also differs between summer and winter. Thus, there can be 7 or so different plumages for each species of gull, making identification difficult.

Taxonomy: Charadriiformes, Laridae, Larinae.

Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

Favored Habitat: Lakes, urban parking lots.

Where to Find: Around Las Vegas, look for this species at Lake Mead. Also look in urban parking lots during winter.

Comments:

Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) Juvenile Ring-billed Gull (perhaps 2nd-year summer) with brown spots on the head, neck, and wing. The entire tip of the bill is black. The tips of the wings are dark brown, not black. During winter, adults get brown spots on the head and neck.
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ring-billed Gull summer adult
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ring-billed Gull summer adult
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ring-billed Gull winter adult
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ring-billed Gull winter adult
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ring-billed Gull winter adult
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ring-billed Gull winter adult
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ring-billed Gull juvenile; Dunedin, Florida
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ring-billed Gull juvenile; Dunedin, Florida
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ring-billed Gull juvenile; Dunedin, Florida
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Juvenile Ring-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ring-billed Gull summer adult in flight
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ring-billed Gull summer adult in flight
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ring-billed Gull winter adult in flight (Dunedin, Florida)
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ring-billed Gull eating a dead common carp at Lake Mead
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ring-billed Gull in flight with larger Herring Gull juvenile
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ring-billed Gull loafing on an island

Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
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