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American Herring Gull
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus
Aves
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
12-15 yrs
Size
Large
Diet
Omnivore
Activity
Diurnal
Social
Colony
Biome
Coastal marine
Range
North America
Movement
Flight
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Speed
Status
Common

About

This large gull breeds along the rocky coasts and lakes of North America. It possesses a red spot on its beak that triggers chicks to peck for regurgitated food.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
  2. 2.
    hatchling
    A naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
  3. 3.
    juvenile
    A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Larus
Species
Larus smithsonianus