Habitat
Breeds in tundra, marshy areas, ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, islands, and coastal cliffs. Winters in nearshore waters and coasts, river estuaries, beaches, mudflats, harbors, and sewage outlets and treatment ponds.
Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus) [XC535143]
by Betchkal, Davyd from Walker Lake Swan Island, Alaska, United States (call)
Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus) [XC159203]
by Ian Cruickshank from Rocky Point Bird Observatory, Metchosin, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada (call)
Nest
A shallow scrap on the ground or in a tree, lined with plant material. In colonies.
Eggs (Guide)
Clutch Size: 1 - 5, 3, sometimes 1 or 2
Color: smooth, variable, pale blue-green, olive, buff or various shades of brown, blotched and spotted with darker brown
Dimensions: (oval)
Incubation: 22 - 26 days by both sexes
Young
Semiprecocial.
Fledge: 30 - 35 days
Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Mew Gull (Larus canus).