Common Gull
UncommonGBIF 35.0·Dongniao Rarity Index5.20
英文名：Common Gull(学名：Larus canus），是鸻形目鸥科鸥属的鸟类。中型鸥科鸟类，广泛分布于欧亚大陆，包括冰岛、欧洲西北部至中部，以及远东至堪察加半岛。这种鸥体型较小，翼长而圆头，眼色深邃，嘴尖而长。繁殖期间头部全白，非繁殖期头部带有灰褐色斑纹。幼鸟呈棕色，嘴端粉黑。其分布广泛，数量众多，尤其在欧洲占全球种群的大部分比例。
Common Gull
40 - 46 cm. Breeding: white head, body and tail, pale grey mantle, pale grey wings with black tips and white ?mirrors?; slender yellow bill, yellowish-green legs. Non-breedingadult: has grey streaks on head and dark band on bill; second-year birds like non-breeding adult but have darker streaks on head and more black on wing tips; first-year birds have dark markings on wings with plain grey mid-wing panel, broad black band on white tail.
- Other name
- Common Gull.
- Voice
- Yelping 'keeah' and repeated laughing call.
- Habitat
- Breeds on cliffs, islands, beaches, wetlands and meadows. Spends northern winter mainly on coasts, estuaries, wetlands and agricultural land.
- Range & Status
- Breeds across n. Eurasia and w. North America. Spends northern winter in w. Europe, Mediterranean, Middle East, coastal Japan, China and North America. 1 record of adult on Christmas I, Mar. 2001.
