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California Gull

Larus californicus ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY: LARIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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A common winter gull of the West Coast, the California Gull breeds inland across large areas of the West. It can be found in parking lots and lakes from California to Manitoba.

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Calls

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    Recorded by Robert C. Stein
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Call a scratchy, hoarse series of "aow" and "uh-uh-uh" notes.

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