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Mediterranean Gull; Gaviota Cabecinegra

Larus melanocephalus

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Description:

These can look very similar to Black-headed Gulls but the hoods are jet-black, not brown, and they have no black on the wing tips. Several of them are breeding here this year.

Habitat:

Coastal marshes

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PublishedJune 20, 2013

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