Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
The ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis) is a medium-sized gull. The genus name is from Latin Larus which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird. The specific delawarensis refers to the Delaware River.
- Family
- Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Weight
- 516 g
- Habitat
- Coastal
- Diet
- Vertebrates, fish and carrion
- Migration
- Partial migrant
- Countries recorded
- 26
