Juvenile Black-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri) | Project Noah

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Field Notes

Habitat:

natural habitats are rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, sandy shores, pastureland, and urban areas.

Notes:

The Black-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri) is a species of gull in the Laridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus Larus, but is now considered to be the genus Chroicocephalus. The holotype is in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Species ID Suggestions

Juvenile Red-billed Gull

Chroicocephalus scopulinus

2

Juvenile Black-billed Gull

Chroicocephalus bulleri

1

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yes, thanks for knowledge

i dunno its hard to tell so many people id wrong on the net its is a cascade, stick to hard back id guides i say!

exactly thats why i thought its the black-bill?

that's grey legs i think

the red bill also has much redder legs!

check out the link http://carolinabirds.org/HTML/AU_Gull.htm

i think it looks more like the juvenile black billed gull? the juvenile reds still have a red bill while the juvenile blacks have a grey-ish bill?

thanks for your suggestion

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