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PASSERINES
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   OW SUBOSC
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NW SUBOSC
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OSCINES
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Charadriiformes / Lari - Western Gulls

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Shorebirds, Charadriiformes
Pterocli - Sandgrouse
Charadrii - Shorebirds
Families: Seedsnipe, Plains-wanderer, Thick-knees, Plovers and Lapwings, Oystercatchers,
Ibisbill, Stilts and Avocets, Painted Snipe, Jacanas, Magellanic Plover, Sheathbills,
Sandpipers, Phalaropes
Lari - Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Families: Crab Plovers, Pratiincoles and Coursers, Jaegers and Skuas, Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Alcae - Auks
Families: Auks

Species:

Pacific Golden-Plover, Southern Lapwing, Blackish Oystercatcher,
American Black Oystercatcher, Silver Gull, Western Gull, Heermann's Gull, Lava Gull, Swallow-tailed Gull, Kelp Gull, Dolphin Gull, South American Tern

Images:

Sanderling, Willet, Piping and Semipalmated Plovers,
Masked, Southern, Red-wattled, and Northern Lapwings, White-tailed Plover,
Eurasian, Blackish, and American Black Oystercatchers, Pied Stilt,
Northern and Wattled Jacanas, Snowy Sheathbill, Willet, Sanderling, Western Sandpiper,
Red Phalarope, Alaskan shorebirds, Laughing Gull, Forster's Tern, Black Skimmer,
South Polar Skua, Bonaparte's Gull, Fairy Tern, Black Skimmer,
Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Klittliz's Murrelet, Black Guillemot, and Tufted Puffin

Silver (Red-billed) Gull, Larus novaehollandiae

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The "seagull" of Australia and New Zealand, particularly common in coastal areas. It is also found in urban environments and around garbage tips.

Silver (Red-billed) Gull, Beach at Moreton Island, Australia.

Red-billed Gull flying, Moreton Island. Other birds in the picture are an Australian Pelican and two Pied Cormorants.

Western Gull, Larus occidentalis

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Western Gulls, Larus occidentalis, and Heermann's Gulls, Larus heermanni, are common along the west coast. The California Gull, Larus californicus, breeds in the interior and winters on the coast. California Gulls resemble the Western Gull but have a lighter mantle, a dark iris, and streaks on the nape. The bill has black and red marks behind a yellow tip.
These pictures were taken on the Monterey peninsula along the central California coast.