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Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
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
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 1,558,035 |
|---|---|
| New York | 152,712 |
| Michigan | 148,871 |
| California | 110,038 |
| North Carolina | 56,982 |
| Virginia | 52,249 |
| Texas | 48,966 |
| Massachusetts | 48,232 |
| Wisconsin | 42,071 |
| New Jersey | 39,552 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Shorebirds and Allies · Charadriiformes |
| Family | Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae |
| Genus | Masked Gulls and allies · Chroicocephalus |
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 Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of United States
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.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Bonaparte's Gull with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.