Opposite of the Laughing Gull, the head turns white during breeding season. However the birds sound similar.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Aperture Value
f/5.6
Color Space
Uncalibrated
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
700 mm
ISO
640
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/3200 sec
Date/Time
Thu 17 May 2018 07:31:51 AM EDT
English Belcher's Gull
Scientific (Larus belcheri)
Order CHARADRIIFORMES
Family (Latin) Laridae
Family (English) Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions SA
Breeding Range Subregions w coast and islets of South America from n Peru to n Chile
Nonbreeding Range Subregions some move to coasts of n Ecuador and c Chile
Countries (BETA)map Chile,Colombia,Ecuador - mainland,Peru,United States - mainland,Uruguay,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Monotypic
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by Vigors, 1829: NOTE(ENG: Change English name of Larus belcheri from Band-tailed Gull to Belcher's Gull to follow changes by AOU (NACC; SACC 60).)
German Schwanzbandmöwe
French Goéland siméon
Chinese 斑尾鸥
Japanese ペルーカモメ
Russian Чайка Симеона
Spanish Gaviota simeón
Portuguese gaivota-peruana
Bird Data App text
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)