Birds of Mexico

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Genus: Chroicocephalus (1 species, 11 worldwide)


Bonaparte's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
Florida, USA   		   
Photograph by Danny Bales   © All Rights Reserved.
A thin gull which has a black head when breeding, but is rarely seen that way except in the far north. A north American gull that may stray to central America during winter.

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