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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.

Hábitat: Coastal areas

Aspecto

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
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Common Gull

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Adaptable Eater

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

Habilidad

Swift Flier

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

Habilidad

Sharp-eyed Hunter

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud
40-46 cm
Envergadura
110-125 cm
Peso
0.29-0.55 kg
Esperanza de vida
10-24 años
Top Speed
60 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta
2-4
Incubación
23-28 días
Distancia de migración
2000 km

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

  • Insects
  • Fish
  • Worms
  • Berries
  • Human scraps

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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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Don't feed the gulls too much, as they can get used to people and might become too bold.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el longitud de Common Gull?

40-46 cm

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Common Gull?

110-125 cm

¿Cuál es el peso de Common Gull?

0.29-0.55 kg

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Common Gull?

10-24 años

¿Cuál es el top Speed de Common Gull?

60 km/h

¿Qué come Common Gull?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Common Gull?

Coastal areas

¿Cómo caza Common Gull?

Foraging

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