Glaucous-winged Gull
Larus glaucescens

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Larus

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Description

Length: 19.7-23.2 in (50-59 cm) Weight: 31.7-42.3 oz (900-1200 g) Wingspan: 47.2-56.3 in (120-143 cm)

The adult head and underparts are white, and back is silvery gray. Wingtips are medium gray with white spots near tip, and the tail is white. The legs are pink. The bill is yellow with a red spot near the front of the lower bill. Its eyes are dark.

The first year juvenile has pale brown plumage, with a black bill They have black legs that turn pink. The second year the black bill has a pink base, and the back feathers are pale gray.

Habitat, Range, and Feeding

Their breeding habitats include flat roofs of buildings, rocky islands and cliffs along the coast. They nest in colonies, and they scrape the ground to make a shallow depression, or use a flat roof. Which is filled with weeds, grass, roots, string, bones, dried twigs, and seaweed. The clutch size is 1 to 4 eggs, that are light gray-green with dark squiggles and spots.

They are Omnivorous, consuming fish, garbage, carrion, young birds, and marine invertebrates.