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Charadriiformes / Lari - Patagonian 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
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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 |
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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 |
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Kelp Gull, Larus dominicanus |
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The Kelp Gull is a large gull with a black mantle. Adults have yellow bills with a bright red spot toward the tip of the lower mandible (as in other gulls, this mark appears to direct begging pecks of young). Juveniles are brown with paler throats, a dark face, pink feet, and a dark tail. First year birds are lighter on the head and underparts and have a white rump. These pictures were taken at the beginning of the breeding season (November) and all are adults. Kelp Gulls form large colonies with their nests dispersed and usually in proximity to cormorant or penguin colonies. |
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Dolphin (Magellan) Gull, Larus scoresbii |
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South American Sea Lions, Otaria flavescens, resting on coastal rocks. A Dolphin Gull is flying to the upper right. |
A closer view of the Dolphin Gull in the picture to the left.
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Banner - Kelp Gulls. Patagonia. CHile. |
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