#dolphin gull

[bestgullpoll]

Round 1, Side B: Match 12

[Image ID: Two pictures of gulls. The left is a dolphin gull standing on a rock. The right is a white-eyed gull in flight. /End ID]

dolphin gull vs. white-eyed gull

dolphin gull

white-eyed gull

Voting ended onMay 7, 2023

The dolphin gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii) is a mid-sized gull native to southern Chile and Argentina and the Falkland Islands. They typically measure 40-46 cm (16-18 in) in length and 104-110 cm (41-43 in) in wingspan. They have a distinctive dark coloring -- pale grey underparts and head, dark grey back, and dark grey wings with white trailing edge. Their tail is white, and their legs and thick bill are red. They feed mainly by scavenging, often at sea mammal and seabird colonies.

The white-eyed gull (Larus leucophthalmus) is a mid-sized gull found around the Red Sea. They typically measure 40-45 cm (16-18 in) in length and 110-120 cm (43-47 in) in wingspan. They have a black hood over their head and upper throat which is bordered with white. They have grey upperparts, wings, and breast and white stomach and tail. Their legs are yellow, and their long slender bill is dark red with a black tip. Their name comes from their white eye crescents. They feed on fish, crabs, and molluscs, as well as carrion and the eggs and nestlings of other birds.

dolphin gull image by Cláudio Dias Timm

white-eyed gull image by Alexander Vasenin

[thalassarche]

Dolphin Gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii) - photo by Dave Barnes Bird Photography

[birdstudies]

February 19, 2017 - Dolphin Gull (Larus scoresbii or Leucophaeus scoresbii)

These gulls are found around the coast of southern South America, in parts of Chile, Argentina, and the Falkland Islands. They are often found around rocky coastlines near fresh water, seabird and marine mammal colonies, slaughterhouses, farmyards, and sewers. Their diet is mostly carrion, offal, the eggs and chicks of other birds, and marine invertebrates, though they also scavenge near marine mammals for dead fish, placentae, and other foods. Breeding in colonies, often with other gulls or terns, they nest in hollows lined with plant materials. Chicks join groups, or creches, as they grow, allowing both parents to gather food for them.

[volk-morya]

Dolphin gull - Leucophaeus scoresbii by Linda De Volder

[thalassarche]

Dolphin Gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii) - photo by Tony Mainwood

[windsonde]

Windsonde Bird Feature - Dolphin Gull

The Dolphin Gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii) is native to southern Chile and Argentina, inhabiting coastal rocky and muddy areas. It is a scavenger and opportunistic predator.

It is sometimes erroneously called the Red-billed Gull (a name that belongs to a somewhat similar but unrelated species from New Zealand.)

There are currently no Dolphin Gulls in Windsonde.

Image credits:

http://www.avespampa.com.ar/Gaviota_Gris.htm

http://ibc.lynxeds.com/photo/dolphin-gull-leucophaeus-scoresbii/port

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leucophaeus_scoresbii_-Patagonia,_Argentina_-flying-8.jpg

[dendroica]

Dolphin Gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii)

The Dolphin Gull is a Patagonian endemic distributed in the temperate and sub-Antarctic coastline of Chile, Tierra del Fuego and Argentina. It is found along rocky coastline often in the vicinity of fresh water, seabird and marine mammal colonies, slaughterhouses, farmyards and even sewers. Though it could be confused with the two other dark-backed gulls found in its range, Band-tailed and Kelp, its obvious bright red bulbous bill and dusky grey head and underparts make it quite distinctive. Its juvenile plumage is also unique among gulls having a dark gray hood, whitish belly and slaty-brown wing coverts. Its main source of food is scavenged carrion, bird eggs and chicks, other marine invertebrates. It can often be found scavenging around marine mammals for dead fish, placentae, and in particular, feces.

(via Neotropical Birds)

[volk-morya]

Dolphin Gull sitting on the nest by amblebirder on Flickr