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Common Gull

Larus canus

The Common Gull is a friendly bird often seen near water. It has a white body with gray wings and a cheerful call that sounds like laughter. These birds love to eat fish and scraps from people.

Lebensraum: Coastal areas

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The Common Gull is a medium-sized gull with a clean white head, body, and tail, set against a grey back and upper wings. It has distinctive black wingtips with white spots, and its bill and legs are a dull greenish-yellow. This gull can be distinguished by its smaller size and dark eyes compared to many larger gulls.

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Common Gull

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Common Gulls can drink both fresh and saltwater, thanks to special glands above their eyes!

The oldest recorded Common Gull lived for an incredible 33 years!

Their chicks are born with camouflage down, helping them hide from predators on the ground.

They often drop hard-shelled food, like mussels, onto rocks to break them open!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Common Gulls can eat many different foods, from insects to fish, because they have a flexible diet that helps them survive almost anywhere.

Common Gulls have long, strong wings that help them glide efficiently and cover long distances quickly when searching for food or migrating.

Common Gulls have excellent eyesight that helps them spot tiny prey on land or small fish in the water from high above.

Maße und Details

Länge: 40-46 cm
Flügelspannweite: 110-125 cm
Gewicht: 0.29-0.55 kg
Lebenserwartung: 10-24 Jahre
Top Speed: 60 km/h
Gelegegröße: 2-4
Brutzeit: 23-28 Tage
Zugstrecke: 2000 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

Common Gulls are opportunistic eaters, feasting on almost anything from insects to fish and human scraps!

Hauptnahrung

Insects
Fish
Worms
Berries
Human scraps

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Earthworm

Lumbricus terrestris

Common Gulls forage in fields, eating worms brought to the surface.

hunts

Atlantic Cod

Gadus morhua

They hunt for small fish like cod juveniles in shallow coastal waters.

eaten by

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Red Foxes are predators of gull eggs and vulnerable young chicks.

depends on

Humans

Homo sapiens

Gulls often scavenge food scraps and waste left by humans.

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Sozial

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