Wild Florida Photo - Larus argentatus

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Larus argentatus

HERRING GULL

Florida native

  
Larus argentatus is a member of the Laridae - Gulls, Terns & Skimmers family.

Other species of this genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
  View  Larus marinus - GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL
  View  Larus delawarensis - RING-BILLED GULL
  View  Larus philadelphia - BONAPARTE'S GULL
  View  Larus atricilla - LAUGHING GULL
  View  Larus hyperboreus - GLAUCOUS GULL


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For more information on this species, visit the following link:
Cornell Lab of Ornithology All About Birds page for this species

Date record last modified:
Jan 14, 2010