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	Larus ridibundus
		Novice birdwatchers are often perplexed when they see gulls in winter with mostly white heads which are called Black-headed Gulls, then even more puzzled when you explain that in summer the heads actually become brown, although they often look fl from a distance.
		In winter plumage you have to look carefully at the distribution of fl on the head and compare it with the dark eye-mask of a Mediterranean Gull and the sooty skull-cap of a Little Gull.
		Breeds on coastal and inland marshes, moorland and gravel pits.
	www.birdguides.com /html/vidlib/species/Larus_ridibundus.htm (0 words)

	Birds Korea - conserving birds and habitats in South Korea and the Yellow Sea eco-region
		The gull flock discussed below was around a sandbar generated by recent dredging operations in the area, which seem at this point to have terminated.
		There was an area of fl beyond this, which was not seen well, but which appeared to be more extensive than the "crescent" described by NM and depicted in many photographs online, but possibly less extensive than shown by the bird (identified as a 4cy bird) on Martin Reid's excellent website: http://www.martinreid.com/gbhgp03.html.
		The Great Black-headed Gull (or Pallas's Gull as it is sometimes known) breeds across central Asia to about 110 degrees East, in large single species colonies that are patchily distributed in the the steppe and desert steppe zone.
	www.birdskorea.org /gbhgull.asp (937 words)

	Great Black-headed Gull - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Great Black-headed Gull or Pallas's Gull, Larus ichthyaetus, is a large gull.
		In Great Britain a recent review left a single occurrence in 1859 as the only acceptable record of this bird.
		This is a large gull, nearly the size of Great Black-backed Gull.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Great_Black-headed_Gull (202 words)

	The Great Black-backed Gull
		But although tyrannical, the Great Gull is a coward, and meanly does he sneak off when he sees the Skua fly up, which, smaller as it is, yet evinces a thoughtless intrepidity, that strikes the ravenous and merciless bird with terror.
		I have frequently seen these Gulls attack a flock of young Ducks while swimming beside their mother, when the latter, if small, would have to take to wing, and the former would all dive, but were often caught on rising to the surface, unless they happened to be among rushes.
		The head and neck are greyish-white, streaked with pale brownish-grey; the upper parts mottled with brownish-fl, brownish-grey, and dull white, the rump paler.
	www.abirdshome.com /Audubon/VolVII/00739.html (4888 words)

	Black-headed Gulls
		The Black-headed Gull, (Larus ridibundus), is a small gull which breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada.
		The Black-headed Gull is a bold and opportunist feeder and will scavenge in towns or take invertebrates in ploughed fields with equal relish.
		The summer adult has a chocolate-brown head (not fl, despite the name), pale grey body, fl tips to the primary wing feathers, and red bill and legs.
	www.avianweb.com /blackheadedgulls.html (315 words)

	gull
		Any of a group of seabirds that are usually 25–75 cm/10–30 in long, white with grey or fl on the back and wings, and have large beaks.
		Gulls are sociable, noisy birds and they breed in colonies.
		It feeds mainly on limpets, which are swallowed whole, with the shell later spat out and left in a heap around the nest area.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0008298.html (372 words)

	sociology - Gull
		Gulls are seabirds in the family Laridae and subfamily Lari.
		They are in general medium to large birds, typically grey or white, often with fl markings on the head or wings.
		Apart from the kittiwakes, gulls are typically coastal or inland species, rarely venturing far out to sea.
	www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Gull (142 words)

	African Gulls
		The adults were similar to Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus graellsii with a clean blue-grey mantle, quite dark but with marked contrast between the wing tip and the inner wing.
		Originally thought to be a juvenile Great Black-headed Gull, this gull has been re-classified as a Caspian Gull.
		One Sooty Gull was on an island offshore on 22nd August and another flew N on 2nd September.
	www.nrossiter.supanet.com /tg (1655 words)

	Black-headed Gull
		Black-headed Gulls do not have their cap in winter (to the left), but they do in summer (to the right).
		With Black-headed Gulls the difference can only be seen during the first winter: the young still have brown feathers in their grey back and fl tail and their feet and beaks are reddish brown, while the adults have feet and beaks that are vividly red.
		Gulls are elegant flyers and photographs of them along the coast during sunset are always picturesque.
	www.gardensafari.net /english/pages/kokmeeuw.htm (407 words)

	Black-headed Gull
		Coverage of Black-headed Gull colonies in Britain during Seabird 2000 was comprehensive, with the exception of inland colonies in Durham and in western parts of North Yorkshire, where some colonies may have been missed, however the numbers involved are not thought to be large.
		This is the least accurate method for censusing breeding gulls, as such counts will include an unknown percentage of non-breeders and attendance at the colony by both breeders in a pair is highly variable throughout the day and throughout the breeding season.
		Counts of breeding gulls within each admin area during Seabird 2000 and during previous censuses from gull surveys are presented differently from other species to take into account the variation in coverage of inland and coastal colonies during Seabird 2000 and the previous two censuses.
	www.jncc.gov.uk /page-2882 (793 words)

	Gull Information
		Hybridisation between species of gull occurs quite frequently, although to varying degrees depending on the species involved (see Hybridisation in gulls).
		The taxonomy of the large white-headed gulls is particularly complicated.
		This name is used by laypeople to refer to a common local species or all gulls in general, and has no fixed taxonomic meaning.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Gull (437 words)

	Resources on Brown-headed Gull academic institutions
		BrontÃ« Sources, Texts, and Criticism: La petite Mouette grise of Brisson, the Brown Headed Gull of Latham, is believed to be this species in its...
		Bonaparte's Gull: As to the Larus capistratus of Bonaparte's Synopsis, I have nowhere met with aBrown-headed Gull having the tail "sub-emarginate;" and I infer that the bird
		WHO comments on Qinghai: The species known to be infected are the bar-headed goose, great fl-headedgull, brown-headed gull, ruddy shelduck and great cormorant.
	mongabay.org /conservation/Brown-headed_Gull.htm (1904 words)

	British Garden Birds - Black-headed Gull
		The range of plumages that they have depends on their age and time of year, as it does for most gulls, and so they are not the easiest birds to identify.
		The wings have fl wing-tips and a white edge along the forewing (which separates it from the Common Gull).
		The scarcer Mediterranean Gull is very similar in appearance, but is a paler grey, lacks the fl wing tips, has blood-red bill and legs and a truly fl head that extends from the nape into the neck.
	www.garden-birds.co.uk /birds/blackheadedgull.htm (422 words)

	All About Birds
		The Black-headed Gull is one of the few hooded gulls that does not actually have a fl head during breeding.
		Immature similar to nonbreeding adult, but with brownish fl bar across the base of the wing, much fl in the outer wing, and a fl band across the tip of the tail.
		Little Gull has a shorter and thinner fl bill, flish under all of the wing feathers, and lacks a white triangle on top of the wing.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Black-headed_Gull_dtl.html (455 words)

	TrekNature \| Black-headed Gull Photo
		Great focus and details, also you have handled a very difficult exposure well with the fl and white bird and with it being against the sky.
		This was a great ideea because there were no other elements available to show perspective and the BG was relatively bright, at least in the upper side of the picture.
		Great DOF and sharpness that it allows to appreciate the details of the plumage included on the white areas.
	www.treknature.com /gallery/Europe/United_Kingdom/photo70704.htm (1319 words)

	Kamusi: gull (Site not responding. Last check: )
		gull, pl gulls { Swahili: shakwe, pl shakwe } [Terminology: ornithology]
		Heuglin's gull, pl Heuglin's gulls { Swahili: shakwe wa Heuglin, pl shakwe wa Heuglin } [Terminology: ornithology]
		sooty gull, pl sooty gulls { Swahili: shakwe kijivucheusi, pl shakwe kijivucheusi } [Terminology: ornithology]
	research.yale.edu /cgi-bin/swahili/lookup.cgi?Word=gull&EngP=1 (381 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nevertheless, there are a great many very dedicated gull watchers ready to split by leg shade or gape colour.
		Great Gull Island is the site of an ongoing research project on Common Terns and Roseate Terns.
		The white gulls are crying, The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying.-Legolas Song of the Sea (The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien) - featuring images, links to images, and individual species/subspecies descriptions(limited to the larger white-headed species)...
	www.fatbirder.com /species_and_families/non_passerines/laridae.html (959 words)

	Archived conservation news articles on Brown-headed Gull
		The different types of gulls seen here are Pallasâs Gull, Black-headed Gull and Brown-headed Gull from Central Asia and Lesser Black-headed Gull from South...
		China only collected samples from 12 dead birds, 10 bar-headed geese, a great fl headed gull, and a brown headed gull.
		Other affected bird species are the great fl-headed gull, the brown-headed gull, the ruddy shelduck, and the great cormorant.
	conservation.mongabay.com /news/Brown-headed_Gull.htm (530 words)

	Larus ichthyaetus
		Birds in non-breeding plumage lack the fl head and must therefore be separated from the other big gulls.
		In flight, the adults have extensively white primaries with fl and white tips so the wings have an unmistakable pattern of grey, then white then fl.
		Birds in their first and second winters can be told from the other big gulls by their prominent fl forewing panels and the beautifully neat fl band near the tip of the tail.
	www.birdguides.com /html/vidlib/species/Larus_ichthyaetus.htm (0 words)

	Bird watching - Stork images and Black-headed Gull images
		The Gulls extended their breeding habitats far to the north within the recent centuries, though in some areas Gull eggs are collected for human nutrition purpose.
		Then they hold the head between the shoulders and put the long bill on the throat feathers, which are supported by air bags below the skin.
		Like the head mask also the red color of bill and legs is the first time visible in the third year, before grey brown.
	www.ebepe.com /html/stork.html (677 words)

	Over 1000 Bird Flu Deaths in Qinghai China
		The dead birds were found in Qinghai province and included bar-headed geese and great fl-headed gulls, Jia Youling, director of the Ministry of Agriculture's Veterinary Bureau, said at a press conference.
		The birds were said to have not died because of bird flu and the only dead birds were bar headed geese.
		In an OIE report dated May 21, five species including bar-headed goose (Anser indicus), great fl-headed gull (Larus ichthyaetus), brown-headed gull (Larus brunnicephalus), ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) and great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) were listed.
	www.recombinomics.com /News/05270501/H5N1_Qinghai_1000.html (303 words)

	Trip report from India
		There were lots of Herring Gulls around Bombay, all having pink legs, and all having a tone of grey on the mantle, similar to that of the argenteus/argentatus subspecies.
		The head is not round but the forehead is flattened giving the gull a fiercer expression than a "standard" herring gull.
		Very large bird with a lot of fl on the neck from behind the eyes, all that is left of the fl hood it carries in summer.
	www.princeton.edu /~vivekt/trips/Bombay-Pune96.html (1924 words)

	RSPB Images
		Adult Black headed Gull Larus ridibundus, in fligh
		Black Headed Gull Larus ridibundus, Juvenile 1st W
		Black headed gulls Larus ridibundus, large flock i
	www.rspb-images.com /respages/result.asp?txtkeyword=larus&NewSearch=True (123 words)

	::Great Black-headed Gull:: Photo Gallery by Carl-Johan Svensson at pbase.com
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	www.pbase.com /carljohansvensson/great_black_headed_gull (49 words)

	Utah Wings, photographs of Utah birds, birding
		Gull: California Gull - at Mirror Lake, Utah © Carol Davis, 2002
		Gull: Herring Gull - at Farmington Bay © Carol Davis, 12-2003
		Gull: Ring-billed Gull - in Utah County at Flowserve Ponds © Carol Davis, 12-11-2005
	www.xmission.com /~cldavis/Mornwngs1.htm (0 words)

	Great Black-headed Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)
		Contact Me The Great Black-headed Gull winter regularly in Sicily.
		The photos show an adult moulting to summer plumage; they had been taken at Lentini near Catania in February 2001, by Andrea Corso and Marco Preziosi.
		In the second and third photos, you see also an adult winter Caspian Gull.
	oystman.tripod.com /italiangulls/id11.html (50 words)

	eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail
		Immature mottled with brown, paler on head and breast, with fl tail tip and a dark bill.
		Discussion Our largest gull, this coastal species accompanies the ever-present Herring Gull at all times of the year, even during the summer, when they nest together in mixed colonies.
		Although found close to human habitations, it is a shyer bird than the Herring Gull.
	enature.com /fieldguide/showSpeciesGS.asp?sort=1&curGroupID=99&display=1&area=99&searchText=gull&curPageNum=17&recnum=BD0073 (172 words)

	Robert H. Lewis Gulls
		Gulls are one of the last frontiers of bird identification, and I have been a certified gull freak for 24 years.
		I have long felt that gulls are the most interesting of all birds.
		In the future, look for shots of Yellow-legged Gulls from Portugal and France, Lesser Black-backeds from Holland, Mediterranean Gull, and more of the gull slides from the collection of the late Claudia Wilds.
	www.bway.net /~lewis/birds/gulls.html (914 words)

	BirdLife Cyprus - conservation organisation
		Great Black-headed Gull on 2nd, and from 15th until 17th April at Larnaca SW.
		Great Black-headed Gull on 8th May at Apostolos Andreas.
		Great Black-headed Gull on 29th and 30th September at Spiro's Pool.
	www.birdlifecyprus.org /birdnewsrecent.htm (432 words)

	Punjab Environment Information Web Portal. ENVIS Centre Punjab, on State Environment Issues
		The migratory birds — great fl-headed gull and great cormorant — were spotted in clusters at the wetland area.
		But with the arrival of these birds, the forest department did not seem to be perturbed rather it was making efforts to attract more migratory birds.
		The birds — great fl headed gulls and great cormorants — were spotted during the search for migratory birds at 30 checks points in the wetland area by the Forest Department.
	www.punjabenvironment.com /news173.htm (375 words)

	Bahrain Observations
		Great (Southern and Steppe) Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
		Before flying off the coast some of the Night Herons joined the Black-winged Stilts, Gulls and Marsh Sandpiers out in the pool.
		Before being totally defeated by the failing light we did find some Warblers - This one, you will have to take my word for it, was a Lesser Whitethroat.
	www.hawar-islands.com /blog/index.php (507 words)

	The Tribune...Saturday Plus Head
		The red-necked geese was seen for the first time in 1987 by Gastin.
		The fl-headed gull, great fl-headed gull and herring gull species, which are fairly uncommon in India, have also been visiting the lake every winter.
		Four species — Common Crane, Black Ibis, Black-necked Stork and White-necked Stork were earlier not visible in winter.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99jan30/saturday/head2.htm (984 words)

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