Glaucous-winged Gull
Larus glaucescens
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 12,476
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens) is a large, white-headed gull. The genus name is from Latin Larus which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird. The specific glaucescens is Neo-Latin for "glaucous" from the Ancient Greek, glaukos, denoting the grey color of its wings.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Glaucous-winged gull”.