Types of seagulls

It has a gray body and a white head with a distinctive black-tipped red beak . It lives on the Pacific coast of North America , from Guatemala in the south to the United States in the north. To feed, it gathers in groups with other species of birds, such as pelicans, and takes advantage of the opportunity to steal any food they find. They nest on a volcanic island called Rasa Island, in the Sea of Cortez in Baja California.

It is the only nocturnal gull species , and as such, it occupies a niche void of competition yet replete with opportunities. It feeds on fish and squid that rise to the surface at night. The gull's young are born in the Galapagos Islands, which also gives it its common name, the Galapagos gull . It is called the scissor-tailed gull because it has a distinctive V-shaped forked tail. The adults hibernate offshore when they migrate to South America.

It is endemic to Australia, with a range in the Pacific Ocean . It has a very large yellow bill with an orange or red tip . Its body size is also considerable, and it is the largest gull in its range , with a wingspan of 1.3 to 1.5 meters. It is white, with black wings and tail . They are solitary or occasionally only gather in pairs.

To feed, it eats bivalve mollusks and sea urchins , which it raises to great heights and drops onto rocks, thereby opening them for consumption. It also feeds on fish, squid , and marine invertebrates it finds as waste on the shores of beaches.

It is one of the species of gulls found in Spain , but is also very common throughout the Northern Hemisphere . They have a yellow beak with a red dot on the lower tip, a soft body, gray (silvery) wings and back, and black wingtips.

They feed opportunistically , feeding on dead animals, plants in crop fields, waste from fishing boats, eggs from other birds, and even garbage. They can dive to shallow depths to fish. They are also known as the European herring gull because they consume these fish, although they do not prefer them over other food sources. They have a curious behavior in which they step on the ground several times, that is, they kick the ground quickly, which stimulates the worms to come to the surface, and thus they can eat them, although it is also part of the communication between them, along with their cries or songs .

It measures 28 to 30 centimeters long, making it a small species of seagull . It has a white body, orange legs, gray wings, and a black head and beak . However, individuals that are not yet in the reproductive stage due to their age, have a white head and a black spot behind the eye. This species of seagull breeds in Canada and Alaska , but in winter it migrates to the coasts of the Caribbean Sea . It is the only species of seagull that makes its nest with wooden sticks. These birds feed on small fish, marine invertebrates, and insects.

It is white, with gray wings and a distinctive black collar that runs from its throat to the back of its neck. It is also unusual because its belly turns pink during the summer , when it breeds in northwestern Siberia and North America, in the Arctic tundra. In winter, it migrates to the coasts and the sea, where it hibernates.

It nests on cliffs in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans , where several individuals gather to form nests simultaneously and form a colonial formation. Due to its wide nesting and breeding distribution, it is the most abundant gull in the world. However, when the breeding season is over, it is difficult to find because it mostly flies over the open sea.

It nests and breeds in the upper Arctic , but with the arrival of winter it migrates vast distances, reaching Africa and South America . When not in breeding season, it flies over open sea. Its back is gray, with black primary wing feathers and white secondaries. During breeding season, its head changes color from gray to black.

It is brown to greyish in colour with a white eye outline . Its bill is distinctive, being thin and elongated, red in colour, and with a black tip . It is endemic to the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea . It is seriously threatened by oil spills in the waters it inhabits, so it is very rare to find it.

It is also known as the southern gull or grey gull. It is a large bird , measuring about 38 cm on average, and has orange legs and beak , a white body, and greyish wings and back. It is very aggressive toward other birds. It lives in a restricted area in Patagonia and the Falkland Islands in South America. They make their nests with different materials such as grass, seaweed, feathers, bones, etc.

This is the largest of all seagulls, measuring 64 to 78 centimeters. It is white with black wings and a very large head. It is native to the North Atlantic coast . Due to its size, it is extremely aggressive toward other seabirds, not only fighting for space but also preying on them, including their young.