(Larus delawarensis)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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NatureServe | N5B, N5N - Secure Breeding and Nonbreeding SNRB - Unranked Breeding |
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Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Size |
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18″ to 20″ in length 48″ wingspan |
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Habitat |
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Breeding: Sparsely vegetated islands, beaches, breakwaters Migration: Lakes, rivers, landfills, golf courses, parks, fields |
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Biology |
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Migration |
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Early March to late May and mid-August to late December |
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Distribution |
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Occurrence |
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Abundant migrant, common breeder in Duluth |
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Maps |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
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Taxonomy |
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Class | Aves (birds) | ||
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Charadriiformes (shorebirds and allies) | ||
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Laridae (gulls, terns, and skimmers) | ||
Subfamily |
Larinae (gulls) | ||
Genus |
Larus (large white-headed gulls) | ||
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Ramona Abrego | |||
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Lynn Rubey | |||
A Ring-billed gull in flight as it executes a turn in the air. |
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A Ring-billed gull capturing a fish from the water. |
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A Ring-billed Gull floating in the water by the docks eating a fish. This Ring-billed gull was by the docks in The Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge. |
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Meagan Gardner | |||
Was brought into the police department where I work, and was taken by a very kind citizen to keep for the night and will be brought to the wildlife rehab center in the morning. He had an injured wing, either hit by a car, or a bbgun we guess. He was found on the road by a citizen. |
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Margot Avey | |||
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Bill Reynolds | |||
Here is an image of two Ring-billed gulls sitting atop lamp post in Canal Park, Duluth MN |
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Ring-billed Gulls Andree Reno Sanborn |
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Ring-billed Gull Allen Chartier |
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Ring-billed Gull Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren |
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Ring-billed Gull JMC Nature Photos |
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Other Videos | |||
Ring-billed Gull Calling EdgarAllenHoopoe |
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Uploaded on Nov 8, 2010 Ring-billed Gull perched and calling along the Churchill River Churchill, MB |
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Ring billed gull ronanmclaughlin1 |
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Uploaded on Mar 4, 2011 Sub adult Ring billed gull at Cuskinny Marsh today, a new bird this winter. At least 4 Ring billed gulls on site today. |
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Ring-billed Gull Seagull Up Close and Personal David Lin |
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Uploaded on Nov 25, 2011 Ring-billed Gull Seagull Up Close and Personal Dawes Park Pier, Lake Michigan, Evanston, IL November 2011 |
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Ring Billed Gull Huddsbirder Huddersfield |
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Uploaded on Dec 12, 2010 The first HD movie using the Luxmedia 12-HD camera and as you can see the jumping/skipping has been solved this is down to me using a class 10 memory crad, so if you intend on buying this camera use nothing less than a class 10 card. The rest of the camera has a great 3" inch screen to look at this is brilliant, works well with the zoom eyepiece I am using. Bad points the menu buttons are small, this won't be a problem in summer but winter with gloves on its IMPOSSIBLE, battery life is at the moment to me terrible, I need to work on this watch this space |
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Ringbilled Gull Relaxing On Grass 79mattdavis |
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Uploaded on May 15, 2011 This lovely ringbilled gull decided to relax on a grassy field. |
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Ramona Abrego | Location: Lake County On the shores of Lake Superior |
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Lynn Rubey 9/3/2019 |
Location: Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge A Ring-billed Gull floating in the water by the docks eating a fish. This Ring-billed gull was by the docks in The Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge. |
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Meagan Gardner 8/10/2019 |
Location: Brooklyn Park MN Was brought into the police department where I work, and was taken by a very kind citizen to keep for the night and will be brought to the wildlife rehab center in the morning. He had an injured wing, either hit by a car, or a bbgun we guess. He was found on the road by a citizen. |
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Margot Avey 9/4/2017 |
Location: Duluth, Minnesota |
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Bill Reynolds 4/24/2006 |
Location: Canal Park, Duluth MN Here is an image of two Ring-billed gulls sitting atop lamp post in Canal Park, Duluth MN |
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