ABOUT THIS SPECIES
HEERMANN’S GULL – (Species Account Weblog #68)
TAXONOMIC TREE:
- ORDER: Charadriiformes,
- FAMILY: Laridae,
- BINOMIAL NAME: Larus heermanni
Distinctive smoky-gray gull with crimson invoice. Breeding adults have a clear white head that blends seamlessly into the grey neck; nonbreeding adults have smudgy darkish streaking on the top. Immatures are solely darkish brown with a yellowish or reddish invoice with a darkish tip. Virtually completely coastal; normally seen in flocks loafing on seashores or feeding in nearshore waters. (from Birds of the World)
SIMILAR SPECIES
Juveniles and first-year birds of all different North American gulls are paler and extra mottled general. Additionally, pink to reddish invoice base and blackish legs of Heermann’s Gull is current in all age teams.
DISTRIBUTION
PERSONAL OBSERVATION ANECDOTES
Extraordinarily uncommon in Costa Rica, we noticed a single 1st 12 months chicken whereas on the boat tour on the mouth of the Tárcoles River.
PHOTO GALLERY
**A few of these Photograph Gallery pictures (all taken by me) have been taken in different close by nations.
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