Brown seagull

Adults have light-gray backs, black wingtips, and white heads and underparts. In winter, dusky streaks mark their heads. Herring Gulls take four years to reach adult plumage.

Third-years have more gray on the back and more white on the . Juvenal plumage: Dark clove- brown head and body.

Back and wings dark, with light edgings to feathers.

Flight feathers on wing blackish above, glossy gray below.

Legs dark gray with pink overtones. First Winter (Basic I): Like juvenal, but hea throat, and . Second-year California Gulls are also mottled brown but begin to show gray . Adults are white with gray back and wings, black wingtips with white spots, and pink legs. Immature birds are gray- brown and are . Clutch size is typically three eggs, although it is two in some of the smaller species and only one egg for the swallow-tailed gull. The eggs of gulls are usually dark tan to brown or . The silver gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) is the most common gull seen in Australia.

It has been found throughout the continent, but particularly at or near coastal areas. It is migratory, wintering on the coasts and large inland lakes of the Indian Subcontinent. As is the case with many gulls, was traditionally placed in the genus . A juvenile Glaucous gull will have light gray and brown coloration. The Glaucous Gull is a “four-year gull ,” in that it takes four years to reach adult plumage. Breeding and nesting time frame for Glaucous Gulls is usually in May to June.

Although mostly white with grey, black or brown markings, gulls can have colourful bills and legs, and these features can often be used to help identify them. To download all of the colour ID guides from this page for your next gull - spotting trip, click here. There are many different types of gull , some live inland for part of the year whilst others are strictly marine. Most are grey, black and white when fully mature, but extensively marked with various shades of brown during from one to four years of immaturity.

Terns are small to medium birds, often smaller and . This species is on the red list due to ongoing population declines and wintering population declines. The rest of the body and tail are white. There is virtually no visual difference between the male and female birds.

Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus). Adult gulls are mainly gray or white, with variable head markings. Limited molt begins during the fall, and the brown feathers of the back are replaced by gray.

Its head is gray when not breeding and white when it is. Two to three eggs that are grayish with gray and brown markings are laid in nests on the ground. Found on or over all non-forested habitats from . Nonbreeding adults have brown -streaked heads.

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