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American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)

Photographed in Kiptopeake State Park, Virginia, by Jim Rosso A series of pictures showing the immature plumages of the Herring Gull

Charadriiformes Natural History Notes

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Other members of the genus Larus:	Glaucous-winged Gull	California Gull
Mew Gull	Western Gull	Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull	Bonapart's Gull	Heermann's Gull
Yellow-footed Gull	Great Black-backed Gull	Franklin's Gull

First winter bird. Bird on the far left is an adult bird in winter plumage, bird in the middle is a first year bird and the bird on the right is a second year Herring Gull. The beak of the first-year bird is all black while the beak of the second-year bird is only black at the tip of the beak.

American Herring Gull	(Larus smithsonianus)
Photographed in Kiptopeake State Park, Virginia, by Jim Rosso	A series of pictures showing the immature plumages of the Herring Gull
	Charadriiformes	Natural History Notes


First winter bird.	Bird on the far left is an adult bird in winter plumage, bird in the middle is a first year bird and the bird on the right is a second year Herring Gull. The beak of the first-year bird is all black while the beak of the second-year bird is only black at the tip of the beak.