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The black-billed gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri), also called Buller's gull or tarāpuka , is a Near Threatened species of gull in the family Laridae. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] This gull is found only in New Zealand , its ancestors having arrived from Australia around 250,000 years ago.
The adult great black-backed gull is fairly distinctive, as no other very large gull with black on its upper-wings generally occurs in the North Atlantic. In other white-headed North Atlantic gulls, the mantle is generally a lighter grey and, in some species, it is a light powdery grey or even pinkish. [11]
The black-tailed gull is medium-sized (46 cm) (19 Inches), with a wingspan of 126–128 cm (49.6 - 50.3 Inches). It has yellow legs and a red and black spot at the end of the bill. Males and females have identical plumage and features, although males are larger in size than females. [2] This gull takes four years to reach full adult plumage. [3]
They have a white head and body, grey back, grey wings tipped solid black and a bright yellow bill. Black-legged kittiwake adults are somewhat larger (roughly 40 cm or 16 in in length with a wingspan of 90–100 cm or 35–39 in) than red-legged kittiwakes (35–40 cm or 14–16 in in length with a wingspan around 84–90 cm or 33–35 in).
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).
The head, body, and tail of an adult silver gull are white, and the wings are light grey with white-spotted, black tips. [4] Adults range from 40–45cm (15-17 Inches) in length. [4] Their wingspan ranges from 271 to 314mm (10-12 Inches). [5] Adults have bright red beaks which gets brighter during breeding or when they get older. [6] [5]
The black-headed gull is the official bird of Tokyo, Japan, [37] and the Yurikamome automated guideway transit in Tokyo Bay is named after it. [ 38 ] In Richard Adams ' 1972 novel Watership Down , a black-headed gull named Kehaar (who claims his name is the onomatopoeia of waves breaking against the shore) plays a major part in the story.
Pallas's gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus), also known as the great black-headed gull, is a large bird species. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus Larus. [2] The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. Ichthyaetus is from ikhthus, "fish", and aetos, "eagle". [3]