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Iceland Gull

Animals; Birds

The Iceland Gull, Larus glaucoides, is a large gull which breeds in the Arctic regions of Canada and Greenland, but not Iceland, where it is only seen in the winter.

Glaucous-winged Gull

Animals; Birds

The Glaucous-winged Gull, Larus glaucescens, is a large, white-headed gull residing from the western coast of Alaska to the coast of Washington.

Western Gull

Animals; Birds

The Western Gull, Larus occidentalis, is a large white-headed gull that lives on the western coast of North America.

Yellow-footed Gull

Animals; Birds

The Yellow-footed Gull, Larus livens, is a large gull, closely related to the Western Gull and thought to be a subspecies until the 1960s. Yellow-footed Gulls are native to the Gulf of California in ...

Bridled Tern

Animals; Birds

The Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus, formerly Sterna anaethetus - see Bridge et al. , 2005) is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans. The Atlantic ...

Sooty Tern

Animals; Birds

The Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscatus (formerly Sterna fuscata(1)), is a seabird of the tern family (Sternidae). It is a bird of the tropical oceans, breeding on islands throughout the equatorial ...

Aleutian Tern

Animals; Birds

The Aleutian Tern (Onychoprion aleuticus, formerly Sterna aleutica - see Bridge et al. , 2005) is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This species breeds in colonies on coasts and islands in ...

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