Stats

Lifespan

10-15 yrs

Size

Medium

Diet

Omnivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Colony

Biome

Coastal wetland

Range

Northern Hemisphere

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Speed

Status

Common

About

The Common Gull is a medium-sized seabird found along coastlines, lakes, rivers, and fields across Europe and Asia. Despite its name, it isn’t the most common gull everywhere—it was named for the naturalist Thomas Common, not its abundance.

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 canus