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Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutus
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
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Black TernChlidonias niger
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 421,013 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 379,692 |
| Canada | 33,024 |
| Ontario | 21,803 |
| New York | 11,797 |
| Quebec | 6,754 |
| Michigan | 6,078 |
| Ohio | 3,265 |
| Massachusetts | 2,158 |
| Wisconsin | 1,854 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Invertebrate eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating invertebrates.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Ground nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on the ground.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Water nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on water.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 | Hydrocoloeus |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of United States
- Birds of Utah
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 Little Gull with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.