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The little gull has a body length of 24 to 28 cm (9.4 to 11.0 in) and a wing span of 62 to 69 cm (24 to 27 in), [7] making it the smallest gull species in the world. [8] The adults in breeding plumage have a black hood, dark red bill, bright red legs and a rosy flush to the underside.
The short-billed gull is a small gull with a length 40–45 cm (16–18 in) and a wingspan 100–120 cm (39–47 in). It is smaller than other gulls in the Common gull complex, with a shorter bill and longer wings. [5] Its wings appear long and narrow in flight relative to its short body.
The Pacific gull is a large white-headed gull with a distinctively heavy bill. Gulls range in size from the little gull, at 120 grams (4 + 1 ⁄ 4 ounces) and 29 centimetres (11 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches), to the great black-backed gull, at 1.75 kg (3 lb 14 oz) and 76 cm (30 in). They are generally uniform in shape, with heavy bodies, long wing, and ...
The black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) is a small gull that breeds in much of the Palearctic in Europe and Asia, and also locally in smaller numbers in coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory and winters further south, but many also remain in the milder areas of northwestern Europe.
Bonaparte's gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) is a member of the gull family Laridae found mainly in northern North America. At 28 to 38 cm (11 to 15 in) in length, it is one of the smallest species of gull. Its plumage is mainly white with grey upperparts. During breeding season, Bonaparte's gull gains a slaty-black hood.
The grey-headed gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus), also known as the gray-hooded gull, is a small species of gull which breeds patchily in South America and Africa south of the Sahara. It is not truly migratory, but is more widespread in winter. This species has occurred as a rare vagrant to North America, Italy and Spain.
Adult flying in Iceland Sabine's gull flying at the fjord Trygghamna in Spitsbergen. Sabine's gull is a small gull, 27 to 33 cm (10 + 1 ⁄ 2 –13 in) in length and weighing 135 to 225 g (4 + 3 ⁄ 4 – 7 + 15 ⁄ 16 oz). The wings are long, thin and pointed with a span of between 81 and 87 cm (32– 34 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). The bill, which is black ...
Franklin's gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) is a small (length 12.6–14.2 in, 32–36 cm) gull. [2] The genus name Leucophaeus is from Ancient Greek leukos , "white", and phaios , "dusky". The specific pipixcan is a Nahuatl name for a type of gull.