It is the second largest gull in Australia.
Quelques donnees nouvelles sur I'avifaune du Senegal, ainsi que sur celie des lies de la Madeleine The Kelp Gull is native to South America, Australia, parts of Africa and the Caribbean. The white gulls are crying, The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying." The wing has a wide trailing edge and a small white 'window' in the wingtip. Identification of Kelp Gull Frederic Jiguet, Alvaro Jaramillo and Ian Sinclair The Kelp Gull Lams dominicanus has recently been recorded in the Western Palearctic for the first time (Pineau et al. LOS News 181: 6-9. Usually coastal. Cape Gull (vetula) is the African subspecies of the very widely distributed Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus. 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.

Adults have black backs and wings with very little white in the flight feathers. Taxonomy and terminology Before discussing identification, a few words on taxonomy and the terminology used in this note may be useful. GLAUCOUS-WINGED X WESTERN (Olympic/Puget Sound Gull) GLAUCOUS-WINGED X HERRING (Cook Inlet Gull) GLAUCOUS X … Newly-fledged Kelp Gulls are brown with paler mottling on the hind neck and breast and have a black bill. KELP GULL dominicanus : HYBRIDS. 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. It is the second largest gull in Australia.

Kelp Gull and Herring x Kelp Gull hybrids. 2001), while its regular occurrence elsewhere in the North Atlantic region is … The range of this bird species is about 10 million square kilometers. Newly-fledged Kelp Gulls are brown with paler mottling on the hind neck and breast and have a black bill. Few similar species in much of its range. The bill is very strong and robust and the legs are greenish-yellow. Gull Identification Website "To the Sea, to the Sea! The population of the Kelp Gull is about 3.5 million individual birds. The wing has a wide trailing edge and a small white 'window' in the wingtip. Juveniles have a dark brown back mottled with white, a … identification – they are the Cape Gulls of good hope. The rating of the Kelp Gull at this time is Least Concern. Large dark-backed gull.