kelp gull
Dominican gull
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Kelp Gull is thought to have bred on the island earlier.

Kelp Gulls have been observed feeding on live right whales since at least 1996.

Birds such as kelp gulls and black oystercatchers nest here.

The main life form on the island are gentoo penguins and kelp gulls.

Other birds reported as breeding there include Kelp Gulls and skuas.

The adult Kelp Gull has black upperparts and wings.

Fly with kelp gulls as they study the hunting behaviour of the greatest underwater predator of all: the great white shark.

Their main predators is the Kelp Gull along with humans, who consume adults, nestlings and eggs.

The beaches are populated with kelp gulls while Antarctic terns and skuas nest on the island's higher slopes.

The adult has a dark eye, whereas the nominate Kelp Gull usually has a pale eye.

It is possible to see a wide range of local wildlife, including guanacos, kelp gulls, grey gulls and cacti.

Also is reproduction area for other species, as are the Red-legged Cormorant and Kelp Gull.

Pacific Gulls are the only large gulls in their range, besides the occasional Kelp Gull.

Mostly we will see seals on floes in Charlotte Bay, and occasionally, kelp gulls, skuas, shags, or penguins.

Recorded breeding seabird species are Silver Gull and Kelp Gull.

The baiting was expected to inadvertently affect kelp gulls but higher than expected levels of bird deaths caused a temporary suspension of the program.

They also associate with various seabirds, such as kelp gulls, cormorants, terns, shearwaters, petrels, and albatrosses.

The Cape Gull differs from other forms of Kelp Gulls by its immaculate white tail and dark eye.

Kelp gulls screech overhead, while the upper slopes are inhabited by nesting skuas, snow petrels and pintados.

Kelp Gull chicks are stimulated by a red spot on the mother's beak to peck at the spot, which induces regurgitation.

Young Cape Gulls have almost identical plumage to similarly aged Kelp Gulls.

It is also preyed upon by the demersal fish Notothenia coriiceps and the kelp gull (Larus dominicus).

Larus dominicanus (Kelp Gull)

On occasion, black-backed kelp gulls (Larus dominicanus vetula) take advantage of this behavior and steal the sharks from the seals.

Once covered in soil, the igloos give the birds a cool nesting place and protect their chicks from the penguins' nemesis, the hulking, aggressive kelp gull.

It was the haunt of Weddells and the occasional fur seal, as well as a proliferation of Adelies and Dominican gulls.

The Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus), also known as the Dominican Gull, is a gull which breeds on coasts and islands through much of the southern hemisphere.

A single browser, the limpet Patinigera polaris, lived mainly below low-tide mark but emerged to scour the whole zone; those close to sea level were predated by dominican gulls Larus dominicanus.

Here we will find hot springs, an abandoned whaling station, thousands of Cape Pigeons and many Dominican Gulls, Brown and South Polar Skuas and Antarctic Terns.

On occasion, black-backed kelp gulls (Larus dominicanus vetula) take advantage of this behavior and steal the sharks from the seals.

The predation by Kelp Gulls (Larus dominicanus) at some lakes, the excessive grazing by sheeps and low breeding potential have been cited as threats.

LARIDAE Larus dominicanus (Kelp Gull)

"Larus dominicanus (the Kelp Gull) and Haematopus moquini (the African Oystercatcher) are found throughout the Algoa Bay complex.

Kelp Gull, Larus dominicanus (called "Southern Black-backed Gull" or "Karoro" in New Zealand)

The Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus), also known as the Dominican Gull, is a gull which breeds on coasts and islands through much of the southern hemisphere.

Skua species, the Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis alba), and Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) prey on eggs, and skuas and Giant Petrels also sometimes take chicks.

In the Prince Edward Islands, Anasterias rupicola is the dominant invertebrate predator but it is itself sometimes eaten by sea birds such as the lesser sheathbill (Chionis minor) and the kelp gull (Larus dominicanus).

At rocky sites along the southern African coast, such as at Boulders Beach in Cape Town, Kelp Gulls (Larus dominicanus vetula) can be seen picking up shellfish and repeatedly flying up several meters and dropping them onto the rocks below in order to break them open.