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Glaucous-winged Gull

Larus glaucescens ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY: LARIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

A large gull of the north Pacific Coast, the Glaucous-winged Gull is common in coastal cities and towns. Its wingtips are colored unlike any other gull's, being neither black nor white. Instead, they are a medium gray, not much different from the back color.

Calls

  • Calls
     
    Recorded by Arthur A. Allen
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Call a loud whistly "keow."

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