The wing has a wide trailing edge and a small white 'window' in the wingtip.

The Kelp Gull is a large black-backed gull with a white tail and a large yellow bill with a red spot on the lower tip. Both the adults build the nest, incubate the eggs, brood and feed the young. Glacier Retreat Exposes New Breeding Ground for Kelp Gulls in Antarctica.

In the subantarctic, Kelp gulls lay three eggs in November to December.

Incubation and fledging periods are 23–30 days and 45–61 days, respectively. The species is very widespread in the southern hemisphere, however, occurring in southern South America, southern Africa, southern Australia, as well as most sub-antarctic islands.

Diet and feeding. It has a large range, from subantarctic islands and the Antarctic peninsula to coastal areas of Australia, Africa and South America. The Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) is also called Southern Black-backed Gull by some authors. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Antarctica.The avifauna of Antarctica include a total of 61 species, of which 1 is endemic.This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition.

Sarah Kai Zhen Toh 7 March 2017 . A northerly route was then taken past the South Shetlands to Elephant Island. A detailed study of the interaction between the kelp gull (Larus dominicanus) and Antarctic hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica Desv.)

The kelp gull (Larus dominicanus), also known as the Dominican gull, is a gull which breeds on coasts and islands through much of the Southern Hemisphere. Photo about Kelp gull - Larus dominicanus - drinking from a tiny stream on volcanic sand on Deception Island, Antarctica. The kelp gull, Larus dominicanus, breeds on coasts and islands throughout the Southern Hemisphere, as detailed on the IUCN Red List. The nominate race of the Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus dominicanus occurs along the coasts of South America, New Zealand, Australia and many islands in the Southern Ocean.

It is the second largest gull in Australia. We analyzed habitat requirements and selection of Kelp Gulls (Larus dominicanus) breeding at 68 colonies along 2,500 km of coastline in Patagonia, Argentina. Kelp Gull: Widespread along coasts and on islands throughout the Southern Hemisphere, occurring in southern Africa, Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand, South America and the Falkland Islands, as well as on Antarctica and many sub-Antarctic islands. After rounding Cape Horn we crossed the infamous Drake's Passage to explore the Antarctic Peninsular concentrating on the Schollert Channel, Paradise Bay and the Gerlache Straight. Newly-fledged Kelp Gulls are brown with paler mottling on the hind neck and breast and have a black bill. Antarctica & South America Starting at Buenos Aries we travelled South to Ushuaia, the capital of Tierra del Fuego.