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Black-billed Gull

Chroicocephalus bulleri

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 383, February 257, March 109, April 108, May 36, June 77, July 79, August 116, September 150, October 215, November 288, December 390.
New Zealand2,208
Canterbury Region1,003
Otago Region547
Southland Region149
Waikato Region115
Tasman Region91
Auckland Region69
Marlborough Region47
Bay of Plenty Region43
Manawatu-Wanganui Region36

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

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderShorebirds and Allies · Charadriiformes
FamilyGulls, Terns, and Skimmers · Laridae
GenusMasked Gulls and allies · Chroicocephalus

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