Slaty-backed Gull
Larus schistisagus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 2,120
- Most observed in
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The slaty-backed gull (Larus schistisagus) is a large, white-headed gull that breeds on the north-eastern coast of the Palearctic, but travels widely during nonbreeding seasons. It is similar in appearance to the western gull and the glaucous-winged gull. Another alternate name is Pacific gull, though it also applies to a Southern Hemisphere species, L. pacificus.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Slaty-backed gull”.