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Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

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Field Notes

Description:

Small gull from Laridae family. Here seen in its winter colors, mainly white or whitish with few greyish markings on head". In summer, they develop grey wing covers, and chocolate-brown head.

Habitat:

Very common in our area (pays de Gex; the area between Jura Mountain range and lake Leman), and seen in most of lakes in Alps and pre-Alpine region. This one seen on lake Divonne, close to protected marshes, and during the Wetlands BIrd Count 2019.

Reference Links:

Black-headed gull - Wikipedia

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Comments (1)
Neil Ross
Cool gull. The difference between the summer and winter plumage is quite distinct. And thanks for adding the reference link too, Zlatan. There's a recording there of the the sounds of a gull colony, and it's pretty awesome.

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PublishedJanuary 20, 2019

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