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Ring-billed Gull

Larus delawarensis

Photo by KimLomman
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Description:

Adults are 49 cm (19 in) length and with a 124 cm (49 in) wingspan. The head, neck and underparts are white; the relatively short bill is yellow with a dark ring; the back and wings are silver gray; and the legs are yellow. The eyes are yellow with red rims. This gull takes three years to reach its breeding plumage; its appearance changes with each fall moult.

Habitat:

Over Lake Sherry/Recreation Lake at Oxley Nature Center, Tulsa, OK, USA.

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Ring-billed Gull

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PublishedFebruary 24, 2013

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