Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis (Ord, 1815))
Scientific name: Larus delawarensis (Ord, 1815)
Common name: Ring-billed Gull
French name: Goéland à bec cerclé
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Size: Body size: 46 to 54 cm; Wingspan: 121 to 127 cm; Weight: 400 to 590 g
Habitat: Lakes, reservoirs, damp meadows and rivers inland, rubbish dumps. It sometimes move to the sea shores outside the breeding season.
Food: Fishes, molluscs, worms, small rodents, eggs and chicks etc. Ring-billed Gulls also frequent rubbish dumps and follow ships that throw litter.
Nesting: Ring-billed Gulls nest in colonies on lake shores. Nests are built on the ground, sometimes in trees, and there are usually three eggs per clutch.
Migration: Ring-billed Gulls move southwards in winter to southern Mexico and the West Indies.
Geographic area: North America. A few birds are sometimes observed in western Europe.
The Ring-billed Gull shows a bluish grey upper side of the body. The head, neck and under parts are white.
The legs are greenish yellow.
There is a well mark black ring on the short yellow bill.
Juveniles are more spotted. They get their adult plumage at three years old.

Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) - Staten Island, New York City, United States - 06 September2015
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Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
While visiting New York City we took the boat for a return trip to Staten Island to pass close to the Statue of Liberty.
We waited for the time to return, in the company of Ring-billed Gulls.


Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) - Staten Island, New York City, United States - 06 September2015
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Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
The slightly spotted plumage may indicate a gull of less that three years old.


Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) - Staten Island, New York City, United States - 06 September2015
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Too far to have the Statue of Liberty in the background, we will be satisfied with a few cranes ...


Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) - Montréal, Québec, Canada - August 27th 2017
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Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
I observed this Ring-billed Gull in the Parc de la Fontaine.


Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) - Montréal, Québec, Canada - August 27th 2017
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Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
The birds observed in urban parks are often not shy and can be easily approached.


Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) - Montréal, Québec, Canada - August 27th 2017
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Here is my preferred photo from the series. It seems to me that this Gull is as curious as I am.

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