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Belcher's Gull

Larus belcheri

Belcher's gull (Larus belcheri), also known as the band-tailed gull, is a bird in the family Laridae found along the Pacific coast of South America. It formerly included the very similar Olrog's gull as a subspecies, but that bird occurs on the Atlantic coast of South America and is now accepted as Larus atlanticus. Belcher's gull is a medium-sized gull with a blackish mantle, white head and underparts, a black band on the otherwise white tail, and a yellow bill with a red and black tip. Non-breeding adults have a brownish-black head and a white eye-ring. The name of this bird commemorates the British explorer Sir Edward Belcher who performed survey work on the Pacific coast of South America.
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Carlos Eduardo Rivas Pérez
Saturday 05 Mar 2022 - 1:15pm
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Daniel Sloan
Saturday 01 Dec 2018 - 4:00pm
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Christopher Collins
Monday 19 Nov 2018 - 4:09pm
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Daniel Sloan
Sunday 18 Nov 2018 - 6:03am
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