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Breeding adult © Josep del Hoyo eBird S64822026 Macaulay Library ML 205045531
Nonbreeding adult © Adrien Mauss
Breeding adult © Ricardo Rodríguez
Nonbreeding adult © Ric Else
Second winter © Paul Chapman
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Juvenile © Pierre Montieth
Breeding adult © Oliver Burton
First winter © Sean Fitzgerald
Juvenile © Mário Estevens
Nonbreeding adult (with Black-headed Gull) © Nigel Voaden
Breeding adult and first winter © Steven Mlodinow

Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus

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Identification

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Medium-sized gull, slightly larger than Black-headed Gull, more similar to Common Gull in size and shape but bill stouter. Adult is distinctive, the only small gull with snow-white wingtips; breeding plumage has black hood. Nonbreeding and immature have distinctive, dark smudges behind each ear. Juvenile has mottled brownish back, which molts to pale gray by winter. Breeds in typically water-adjacent colonies scattered throughout Europe and Western Asia, often with Black-headed Gulls. Frequently found with flocks of other medium-sized gulls outside of the breeding season.

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