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Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
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.
Sounds
- Recording by Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart (XC512864). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Common GullLarus canus
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 4,076,117 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 4,045,084 |
| Russia | 36,210 |
| Canada | 25,556 |
| United Kingdom | 17,284 |
| England | 15,102 |
| Germany | 7,695 |
| Quebec | 7,447 |
| France | 7,431 |
| Massachusetts | 5,675 |
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 Ontario
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Pennsylvania, United States
- Birds of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of United States
- Birds of Utah
- Common local 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 Black-headed Gull with real photos from different observers and its recordings. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.