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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. Subfamily of seabirds "Seagull" redirects here. For other uses, see Gull (disambiguation) and Seagull (disambiguation). Gull (commonly seagull) Temporal range: Early Oligocene – Present Adult European herring gull Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum ...
This species of seagull breeds colonially or singly on coasts and cliffs, making a lined nest on the ground or cliff. Normally, two to four light brown eggs with dark brown splotches are laid. These are omnivores like most Larus gulls, and they eat fish, insects, molluscs, starfish, offal, scraps, eggs, small birds, small mammals, and carrion ...
These birds forage in flight or pick up objects while swimming, walking or wading. They mainly eat insects, fish and the eggs and young of other birds, especially ducklings . [ 6 ] Opportunistic feeders, California gulls often can be seen scavenging at garbage dumps, marinas and docks.
As is common with other gulls, they are colloquially referred to simply as seagulls. It occurs in a variety of habitats including coasts, lakes, rivers, parking lots and garbage dumps . Its broad diet includes invertebrates , fish , and many other items.
Juvenile glaucous-winged gull feeding on a crab. This gull is a large bird, being close in size and shape to the closely related Western gull (L. occidentalis).It measures 50–68 cm (20–27 in) in length and 120–150 cm (47–59 in) in wingspan, with a body mass of 730–1,690 g (1.61–3.73 lb).
The Caspian gull (Larus cachinnans) is a large gull and a member of the herring and lesser black-backed gull complex.The scientific name is from Latin. Larus appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird, and cachinnans means 'laughing', from cachinnare 'to laugh'.
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Western Gull in flight over the cliffs of Bodega Head. The western gull is a large gull that can measure 55 to 68 cm (22 to 27 in) in total length, spans 130 to 144 cm (51 to 57 in) across the wings, and weighs 800 to 1,400 g (1.8 to 3.1 lb).