Genus Chroicocephalus

Gull, Black-headed Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Photographed by: 1, 2 Dick Daniels in North Carolina   3 - 5) Dick in Scotland   6) Uwe Ohse



Gull, Bonaparte's Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Photographed by Dick Daniels in:  1 - 4) North Carolina  5) Georgia




Genus Leucophaeus
New World gulls. All have  white crescents above and below the eyes.

Gull, Laughing Leucophaeus atricilla
Photographed by Dick Daniels in North Carolina
Adult has black hood in breeding season, nonbreeding has some grey on head. Last 2 pix are juvenile.




Genus Larus

Gull, California Larus californicus
Similar to ring-billed gull, but larger and has a dark iris.
Photographed by Dick Daniels in California


Gull, Glaucous Larus hyperboreus
Photographed by Dick Daniels in Alaska


Gull, Great Black-backed Larus marinus
1) Great Black-Backed Gull is larger than Herring Gull
2) Back: adult Herring Gull and 2 adult Great Black Backs.
Middle: juvenile Lesser Black Backed and juvenile Great Black Backed.
Front: juvenile Herring Gull.

Last 3 are juvenile



Gull, Kelp aka Southern Black-Backed Gull Larus dominicanus
Photographed by: 1, 2, 4, 5 Dick Daniels in New Zealand  3, 6) Nico Smit   7) Ecoprint in South Africa
Southern equivalent to the Lesser Black-back.   4) Note the chick with its parent  5) Juvenile



Gull, Lesser Black-backed Larus fuscus
Photographed by: Dick Daniels in:  1) North Carolina   2 - 5) Scotland   6) John Ennis
Juvenile has pink legs and all black bill.

Note the yellow legs compared to pink of the great black-backed gull.


Gull, Heermann's Larus heermanni (last pix: juvenile)
Photographed by Dick Daniels in California



Gull, Herring Larus argentatus
Photographed by Dick Daniels in: 1, 2, 4 - 6) North Carolina  3) New Jersey

Arranged approximately according to age



Gull, Ring-billed Larus delawarensis
Photographed by Dick Daniels in North Carolina




Gull, Western Larus occidentalis
Photographed by: 1 - 6) Dick Daniels in California  7) John Ennis
1) Juvenile




Gull, Ivory  Pagophila eburnea  Found: circumpolar, including North America
Photographed by: Todd Boland


Kittiwake, Black-legged aka Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Photographed by Dick Daniels in Scotland