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Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcan
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
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Brown-hooded GullChroicocephalus maculipennis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Gray-hooded GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Belcher's GullLarus belcheri
Sabine's GullXema sabini
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 526,679 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 302,672 |
| Texas | 85,181 |
| Alaska | 60,664 |
| Nunavut | 54,019 |
| British Columbia | 47,898 |
| Colorado | 41,959 |
| Ontario | 27,636 |
| Minnesota | 27,608 |
| Missouri | 25,053 |
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 | Hooded Gulls · Leucophaeus |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- 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.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Franklin's Gull with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.