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Western Gull

Larus occidentalis ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY: LARIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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A large, dark-backed gull of the Pacific Coast, the Western Gull is seldom found far from the ocean.

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    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Call a loud whistly "keow."

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