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  Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)





Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus photo
Black-headed Gull in summer plumage, North Devon coast, England.

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Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus photo
Black-headed Gull in winter plumage

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Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus photo
Black-headed Gull in flight

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BLACK-HEADED GULL FACTS

distribution map showing range of Larus ridibundus in Australia

Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.



Classification
Class:Aves
Order:Charadriiformes
Family:Laridae
Genus:Larus
Species:ridibundus
Common Name:Black-headed Gull

Relatives in same Genus
  Laughing Gull (L. atricilla)
  Black-tailed Gull (L. crassirostris)
  Kelp Gull (L. dominicanus)
  Silver Gull (L. novaehollandiae)
  Pacific Gull (L. pacificus)
  Franklins Gull (L. pipixcan)