Birds › Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
California GullLarus californicus
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus
Common GullLarus canus
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Alaska | 120,842 |
|---|---|
| United States | 114,761 |
| Nunavut | 88,017 |
| Kentucky | 83,331 |
| West Virginia | 47,931 |
| Canada | 43,824 |
| Arkansas | 28,410 |
| Ontario | 20,870 |
| California | 17,078 |
| Texas | 10,820 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Behavioral
- CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Group and habits
- Brood-parasite hostListed by a harvested source as a host of brood parasites.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Shorebirds and Allies · Charadriiformes |
| Family | Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae |
| Genus | Large White-headed Gulls · Larus |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Centre Wellington, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Gallatin County, Montana, United States
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Ring-billed Gull with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.