Birds of Mexico


Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus) California, United States
Photograph by Alan Schmierer Image has been placed in the Public Domain.

A medium-sized gull nesting in northwest North America, split from the Eurasian Mew (Common) Gull.


California Gull (Larus californicus) San Diego, California, United States
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Similar to Ring-billed Gull but slightly larger, longer thinner bill, small head, and dark eyes (HBW).


Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) John Lloyd State Park, Florida, USA
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Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) Immature Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Mid-sized gull. Note light colored eye in mature adult.


Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens) Morro Bay, California, United States
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Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens) Immature South Korea
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis © All Rights Reserved.

A large gull with a white back and glaucous colored wings. Note, like many gulls, immature is brown.


Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni) Near Threatened San Diego County, California, United States
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Easy to identify by grey or dark grey color. Immatures are brown.


Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) England
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Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) Immature Dana Point, California, United States For immature, note the pink bill with black tip.
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A large gull. Unlike many gulls, juvenile is also light-colored (to buff but not brown). Note pinkish legs and glaucous color.


Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens) La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.

A large dark-backed gull with yellow legs. Other similar gulls are rare in the range of this species, where it is most similar to Western Gull, but note pink legs.


Western Gull (Larus occidentalis wymani) La Jolla, California, United States
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A large dark-backed gull found along the west coast of north and Central America.


American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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