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Franklin's Gull

Larus pipixcan ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY: LARIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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© 2004 Cornell Lab of Ornithology

A small, black-headed gull of the prairies, the Franklin's Gull is a common sight in the interior of North America, following plows to eat exposed worms, insects, and mice.

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Calls

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    Recorded by Randolph Scott Little
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Calls nasal and laughing.

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