Common Name: Silver Gull.
Scientific Name: Larus novaehollandiae
Family: Laridae
Order: Charadriiformes
Other Names: NA
Distribution: throughout Australia .
Habitat: virtually any watered habitat and is rarely seen far from land. Birds flock in high numbers .
Field Notes:white head, tail and underparts, with a light grey back and black-tipped wings. In adult birds the bill, legs and eye-ring are bright orange-red. Size: 40- 45 cm. Similar species the Pacific Gull, L. pacificus (63 cm), and the Kelp Gull, L. dominicanus (58 cm).
Photo by Auscraft 2011, Brisbane, QLD
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Scientific Name: Larus novaehollandiae
Family: Laridae
Order: Charadriiformes
Other Names: NA
Distribution: throughout Australia .
Habitat: virtually any watered habitat and is rarely seen far from land. Birds flock in high numbers .
Field Notes:white head, tail and underparts, with a light grey back and black-tipped wings. In adult birds the bill, legs and eye-ring are bright orange-red. Size: 40- 45 cm. Similar species the Pacific Gull, L. pacificus (63 cm), and the Kelp Gull, L. dominicanus (58 cm).
Photo by Auscraft 2011, Brisbane, QLD
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