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by Dennis Shirley
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General Information |
Gull Identification |
Immature Gulls |
Key to Adult Gulls |
Species List | |
Yellow-footed Gull (similar
species)
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Yellow-footed Gull - deep yellow bill, dark gray mantle,
yellow legs
by Mark Stevenson
©Mark M. Stevenson
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Yellow-footed Gull
Similar Species
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Western Gull
- has pink legs and feet and usually a paler mantle and
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less deep bill. First-winter Western Gulls are darker and more uniform
gray-brown below, and lacks the strongly contrasting whitish
belly of the juvenile Yellow-footed Gull. The 2nd winter Western
Gull is similar to the second winter Yellow-footed but has pink legs. |
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Other
Gulls - Except for the Western no
large, dark-mantled gulls is normally found in the same range
as
Yellow-footed Gull. (Lesser Black-backed Gulls are similar and have
yellow feet, but are seen rarely in the Gulf of
California area, the domain of the Yellow-footed Gull) |
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Adult Western
- has a more shallow bill, pink legs and feet and slightly
lighter mantle
Photo by Joel Beyer
©Joel Beyer
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Winter Lesser Black-backed Adult
- is similar to the
Yellow-footed, but may have a little
darker mantle and is rarely found in the same range (Gulf of
California area).
Photo by Paul Higgins
©Paul Higgins
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