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The California gull (Larus californicus) is a medium-sized gull, smaller on average than the herring gull, but larger on average than the ring-billed gull (though it may overlap in size with both). Although named after California , it can be found annually across most of western North America, from the Canadian prairie provinces in the ...
California gull Larus californicus: Named the state bird in commemoration of the "miracle of the gulls". In 1848, the pioneers were tending to their first harvest since they arrived in Utah, when Mormon cricket swarmed in and started to devour the crops. California gulls came in and ate the crickets, thus saving the crops. 1955 [7] Emblem: Beehive
Large white-headed gull is used to describe the 18 or so herring gull-like species, from California gull to lesser black-backed gull in the taxonomic list below. White-winged gull is used to describe the four pale-winged, high Arctic-breeding taxa within the former group; these are Iceland gull , glaucous gull , Thayer's gull , and Kumlien's gull .
Records predating the arrival of the Mormon pioneers show that various types of gulls, including the California gull, inhabited the Great Salt Lake area. These gulls fed on various insects, including crickets. [3] Gulls regurgitate the indigestible parts of insects, similar to how an owl regurgitates pellets. While this behavior seemed strange ...
Andricus quercuscalifornicus (occasionally Andricus californicus), or the California gall wasp, is a small wasp species that induces oak apple galls on white oaks, primarily the valley oak (Quercus lobata) but also other species such as Quercus berberidifolia.
Short-billed gull or mew gull Larus brachyrhynchus Richardson, 1831: northwestern North America. Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Ring-billed gull. Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815: Canada and the northern United States, wintering south to the Caribbean. Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Yellow-footed gull. Larus livens Dwight, 1919: Gulf of California in Mexico ...
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The western gull (Larus occidentalis) is a large white-headed gull that lives on the west coast of North America and the Pacific Ocean. The western gull ranges from British Columbia, Canada, to Baja California, Mexico. [2] It was previously considered conspecific with the yellow-footed gull (Larus livens) of the Gulf of California.