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 LC    Western Gull* Id (Atlas):
    Larus occidentalis

Description (10)
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Family
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)

Size
64 cm

First Described (Guide)
Audubon, 1839

Range (Guide)
Canada, Mexico, USA (B).

Population
Estimated population is 120,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Marine fish and invertebrates, eggs, chicks and adults of seabirds, carrion, spawning salmon. It may even attack and kill newborn seal pups.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (45)...)

 
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) [XC661135]
     by Andy Birch from Laguna Manuela, Baja California, Mexico (call)

 
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) [XC620780]
     by Richard E. Webster from Glorietta Bay Park, Coronado, San Diego County, California, United States (flight call)

Subspecies
Interbreeds freely with Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens) at northern end of range.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • occidentalis Audubon, 1839   -  North-western Washington (Destruction I) to central California (Farallon Is).
  • wymani Dickey & van Rossem, 1925   -  Central California (Monterey Bay) to central Baja California (Guadalupe I).



References
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Files:
JPG files for Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) - 10 files


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