Sunday, June 25, 2017

RED-BILLED GULL

Photographed at Ambury, New Zealand, June 2017
 (* 110)          RED-BILLED GULL            Larus novaehollandiae 

NEW ZEALAND                   3

Known in Australia as Silver Gull. 37 cm. Breeds subantartica from Africa to Chathams; in NZ region, on coast from the Three Kings to Campbell Islands, inland colony at Rotorua; common in coastal waters, beaches and estuaries, only occasionally in flocks inland in wet paddocks, sports fields and lakes.


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