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We encountered 3 Glaucous Gulls on our drive of the Long Beach Peninsula.
Bird #2 - 2nd Cycle
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 7D
Aperture Value
f/4
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
500 mm
ISO
100
Metering Mode
Partial
Shutter Speed Value
1/3200 sec
Date/Time
Sat 28 Jan 2012 01:40:20 PM EST
English Glaucous Gull Scientific (Larus hyperboreus barrovianus) Order CHARADRIIFORMES Family (Latin) Laridae Family (English) Gulls, Terns, Skimmers Other name(s) Breeding Regions EU, NA Breeding Range widespread n coasts Nonbreeding Range Countries (BETA)map Austria,Canada,China,Czech Republic,Denmark,Egypt,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany, IOC 11.2 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range hyperboreus n Europe to nw Siberia pallidissimus nw Siberia to the Bering Sea barrovianus Alaska to nw Canada leuceretes nc Canada to Greenland and Iceland
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by Gunnerus, 1767 German Eismöwe French Goéland bourgmestre Chinese 北极鸥 Japanese シロカモメ Russian Бургомистр Spanish Gavión hiperbóreo Portuguese gaivotão-branco Bird Data App text A large gull. Unlike many gulls, juvenile is also light-colored (to {buff} but not brown). Note pinkish legs and {glaucous} color.
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, EU 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)
