Ring-billed Gull
(Larus delawarensis)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Habitat |
Breeding: Sparsely vegetated islands, beaches, breakwaters Migration: Lakes, rivers, landfills, golf courses, parks, fields |
Ecology |
Migration |
Early March to late May and mid-August to late December |
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Distribution |
Occurrence |
Abundant migrant, common breeder in Duluth |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
Taxonomy |
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Aves (birds) |
Order |
Charadriiformes (shorebirds and allies) |
Family |
Laridae (gulls, terns, and skimmers) |
Subfamily |
Larinae (gulls) |
Genus |
Larus (large white-headed gulls) |
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Ramona Abrego |
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Lynn Rubey |
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A Ring-billed gull in flight as it executes a turn in the air. |
A Ring-billed gull capturing a fish from the water. |
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| A Ring-billed Gull floating in the water by the docks eating a fish. This Ring-billed gull was by the docks in The Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge. |
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Was brought into the police department where I work, and was taken by a very kind citizen to keep for the night and will be brought to the wildlife rehab center in the morning. He had an injured wing, either hit by a car, or a bbgun we guess. He was found on the road by a citizen. |
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Margot Avey |
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Bill Reynolds |
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Here is an image of two Ring-billed gulls sitting atop lamp post in Canal Park, Duluth MN |
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Ring-billed Gull Calling |
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Uploaded on Nov 8, 2010 Ring-billed Gull perched and calling along the Churchill River Churchill, MB |
Ring billed gull |
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Uploaded on Mar 4, 2011 Sub adult Ring billed gull at Cuskinny Marsh today, a new bird this winter. At least 4 Ring billed gulls on site today. |
Ring-billed Gull Seagull Up Close and Personal |
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Uploaded on Nov 25, 2011 Ring-billed Gull Seagull Up Close and Personal Dawes Park Pier, Lake Michigan, Evanston, IL November 2011 |
Ring Billed Gull |
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Uploaded on Dec 12, 2010 The first HD movie using the Luxmedia 12-HD camera and as you can see the jumping/skipping has been solved this is down to me using a class 10 memory crad, so if you intend on buying this camera use nothing less than a class 10 card. The rest of the camera has a great 3" inch screen to look at this is brilliant, works well with the zoom eyepiece I am using. Bad points the menu buttons are small, this won't be a problem in summer but winter with gloves on its IMPOSSIBLE, battery life is at the moment to me terrible, I need to work on this watch this space |
Ringbilled Gull Relaxing On Grass |
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Uploaded on May 15, 2011 This lovely ringbilled gull decided to relax on a grassy field. |
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| Ramona Abrego | Location: Lake County On the shores of Lake Superior |
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| Lynn Rubey 9/3/2019 |
Location: Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge A Ring-billed Gull floating in the water by the docks eating a fish. This Ring-billed gull was by the docks in The Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge. |
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| Meagan Gardner 8/10/2019 |
Location: Brooklyn Park MN Was brought into the police department where I work, and was taken by a very kind citizen to keep for the night and will be brought to the wildlife rehab center in the morning. He had an injured wing, either hit by a car, or a bbgun we guess. He was found on the road by a citizen. |
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| Margot Avey 9/4/2017 |
Location: Duluth, Minnesota |
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| Bill Reynolds 4/24/2006 |
Location: Canal Park, Duluth MN Here is an image of two Ring-billed gulls sitting atop lamp post in Canal Park, Duluth MN |
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