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Silver Gull
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
25 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
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
Common GullLarus canus
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Roseate TernSterna dougallii
Black-billed GullChroicocephalus bulleri
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Australia | 15,780 |
|---|---|
| New South Wales | 4,600 |
| Victoria | 4,400 |
| South Australia | 1,930 |
| Queensland | 1,849 |
| New Zealand | 1,632 |
| Western Australia | 1,484 |
| Tasmania | 921 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 472 |
| Auckland Region | 359 |
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
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 Silver Gull with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.