common gull
mew gull
sea mew
larus canus latin

Its population has since rebounded and it is probably the most common gull in North America.

When the island became a Federal wildlife refuge in 1963, it had but five nesting pairs of common gulls, the agency noted.

Log-a-Log thwacked a common gull across its webbed claws.

In addition to Black-headed gulls, Common gulls breed here in large colonies.

The islands are the most important breeding sites in Northern Ireland for Common Gull with over 250 pairs present.

Pomarine Skuas are larger than Common Gulls.

This bird feeds on fish, carrion, scraps, smaller birds up to the size of Common Gull and rodents, especially lemmings.

The name Common Gull was coined by Thomas Pennant in 1768 because he considered it the most numerous of its genus.

Some common species include mallards, black-headed gulls, water voles, common frogs and common gulls.

Adult like a rather daintier Common Gull but with no white spots on black wingtips, black legs and in winter uniform grey head and nape.

From the shore, Common Gull, Herring Gull and Black-headed gull visit.

It is ironic that Rodgers, despite being the first to fly across the U.S., a journey fraught with danger, was in the end killed by a common gull.

These include Fulmar, Black-legged Kittiwake, Common Gull, Razorbill and Shag.

COMMON GULL Larus canus.

The useful epithets continued: black-headed gulls are 'spiky'; common gulls have a 'benign' look; the wingtips of herring gulls are 'polka-dotted'.

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Seamew, another name for the Common Gull:

The Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) also known simply as "seagull" in Australia, is the most common gull seen in Australia.

It is with some trepidation that I mention our feathered friends - LARUS CANUS - the common gull.

Common Gull L. canus (including the forms heinei and kamschatensis) and Mew Gull L. brachyrhynchus are treated as separate species.

By midwinter up to 55,000 gulls, mostly Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) and Common Gull (Larus canus), may be roosting.

Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) and Great Black-backed Gulls (Larus marinus) are the most common gull species sighted on the refuge.

A pair of mallard and a lone wigeon are taking advantage of the weeds torn up by the swans, and a party of common gulls are bathing by the lochside.

A small version of Glaucous Gull, with smaller head and less stout bill, recalling Common Gull (p. 153), and much more buoyant flight, but voice, habits and habitat similar.

Numbers of Common Gull, Herring Gull and Black-headed Gulls roost, and Siskin and Redpoll occur in the waterside trees.

The Common Gull (Cepora nerissa) is a small to medium-sized butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is native to India.

The scientific name Larus canus simply translates from Latin as grey or hoary gull.

COMMON GULL Larus canus.

By midwinter up to 55,000 gulls, mostly Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) and Common Gull (Larus canus), may be roosting.