California Gull
What to look for to tell California Gull from Ring-billed and Herring Gulls
Contributed by Kenn Kaufman
Published:
December 22, 2010
Contributing Editor Kenn Kaufman tells what birdwatchers should look for to identify California Gull and to distinguish it from two other so-called gray-mantled gulls: Herring Gull and Ring-billed Gull. Kaufman also describes why California Gull is now recognized as the Utah state bird and how its northern race, Larus californicus albertaensis, was one of the last remaining subspecies to be described to science.
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