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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Red-billed Gull* |
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Larus scopulinus |
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Description (10)
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Red-billed Gull
© aladdin.st
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Family
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Size
37 - 38 cm
Wingspan: 91 - 96 cm
First Described (Guide)
Forster, 1844
New Zealand (B).
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New Zealand, breeding mainly on eastern coasts of North I and South I, and inland at L Rotorua (North I); also Stewart I, Chathams, Bounties, Snares, Aucklands and Campbell I.
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Population
Estimated population is 100,000 - 1,000,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Subspecies
Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae) and Hartlaub's Gull (Larus hartlaubii), cross-regional species, and Red-billed Gull (Larus scopulinus), a New Zealand endemic (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993), are retained as separate species contra Turbott (1990) who include scopulinus and hartlaubi as subspecies of Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae), pending revision of the New Zealand CheckList.
Forms superspecies with Hartlaub's Gull (Larus hartlaubii) and Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae).
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae).
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Black-billed Gull (Larus bulleri) which has a longer, thinner bill and very pale wingtips.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
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