Western gull | |
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Juvenile (1st Winter) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Laridae |
Genus: | Larus |
Species: | L. occidentalis
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Binomial name | |
Larus occidentalis Audubon, 1839
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Distribution Year-round Nonbreeding
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The western gull (Larus occidentalis) is a large white-headed gull that lives on the west coast of North America and the Pacific Ocean. The western gull ranges from British Columbia, Canada, to Baja California, Mexico.[2]
It was previously considered conspecific with the yellow-footed gull (Larus livens) of the Gulf of California.
Audubon
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