Ring-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Adult breeding
- Small, chunky gull with rounded head
- Short yellow bill with black ring at tip
- Snowy white head and breast
- Yellow-green legs
- © Nancy Clark, MB, Gimli, May 2011
Ring-billed Gull
Adult breeding
- Small, chunky gull with short bill
- Adult shows yellow eye with red skin around eye in summer
- White head and chest, pale gray back
- Yellow bill with black ring at tip
- © Guy Lichter, MB, Winnipeg, May 2011
Ring-billed Gull
Adult nonbreeding
- Small, short-billed gull
- Faint gray/brown streaks on head
- Yellow bill with black ring near tip
- Yellow-green legs
- © Bill Thompson, RI, Warwick, December 2010
Ring-billed Gull
Adult nonbreeding
- Small and chunky gull
- Yellow bill with black ring near tip
- Yellow-green legs
- Dark streaking on white head, yellow eye
- © Sarah L, MD, North East, December 2009
Ring-billed Gull
Adult nonbreeding
- Thin, pointed wings
- Yellow bill with black ring near tip
- Mostly snowy white underneath
- Contrasting black wing-tips with small white spots
- © Michael J. Andersen, NY, Jones Beach State Park, December 2009
Ring-billed Gull
First summer
- Small, chunky gull
- Faint streaks on white head
- Dark eye
- Pinkish yellow bill with black ring near tip
- © Cameron Rognan, NY, Lansing, August 2008
Ring-billed Gull
First summer
- Small, chunky gull
- Yellow-green legs
- Faint dark streaks on white head
- Black eye
- © Gary Tyson, MA, Cape Cod, June 2011
Ring-billed Gull
First winter
- Small gull with long, slender wings
- Dense brown mottling on head and sides of breast
- Pale gray back
- Pink bill with clean-cut black tip
- © tsiya, FL, St. Augustine, December 2009
Ring-billed Gull
First winter
- Small, chunky gull
- Pink bill with clean-cut black tip
- Heavy streaking on head
- Brown wing coverts
- © Michael J. Andersen, NY, Brooklyn, December 2009
Ring-billed Gull
Juvenile
- Small, chunky gull with rounded head
- Mottled brown overall
- Black eye
- Pink bill with black tip
- © BlackRose, NY, Tappen Beach, Glenwood Landing, August 2009
Similar Species
Adult breeding
- Significantly larger than Ring-billed Gull with longer, thicker bill
- Pink legs
- Yellow bill shows red spot at tip of lower mandible
- © Ganesh Jayaraman, May 2011
First winter
- Similar to immature or first winter Ring-billed Gull but larger
- Blocky head with long, thick black bill
- Pink legs
- © Jeff H, Titusville, FL, February 2011
Adult breeding
- Larger than Ring-billed Gull with longer bill
- Red spot behind black band at tip of bill
- Back darker gray than Ring-billed Gull
- © Robinsegg, Salt Lake City, UT, May 2009
Adult nonbreeding
- Smaller and daintier than Ring-billed Gull
- Short, slender bill
- Small, rounded head
- Large black eye
- © Bill Thompson, Anchorage, AK, October 2010