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Short-billed Gull

Larus brachyrhynchus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 10,643, February 9,212, March 9,592, April 11,898, May 11,554, June 8,499, July 7,280, August 7,415, September 9,409, October 9,613, November 12,359, December 9,528.
United States613,212
California117,001
Canada5,186
British Columbia4,668
Alberta3,329
Alaska2,800
Nunavut2,786
Washington2,620
Colorado1,360
Idaho1,075

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderShorebirds and Allies · Charadriiformes
FamilyGulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
GenusLarge White-headed Gulls · Larus

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