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Yellow-footed Gull

Larus livensOrder: CHARADRIIFORMES Family: Skuas, Gulls, Terns, Skimmers (Laridae)

Codes: Common Name: YFGU Scientific Name: LARLIV ITIS Taxonomic No.: 176880

Head

Topo Map: Gull-like Head

Bill Shape: All-purpose
Eye Color: Yellow to whitish yellow.
Head Pattern: Plain
Crown Color: White
Forehead Color: White
Nape Color: White
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

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Topo Map: Gull-like Body

Length Range: 69 cm (27 in)
Weight: 1315 g (46.4 oz)
Size: Size 4. Large (16 - 32 in)
Color: White, Black, Gray
Underparts: White
Upperparts: Dark Gray
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

Flight

Topo Map: Gull-like Flight

Flight Pattern: Strong and direct flight.
Wingspan Range: 152 cm (60 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Squared Tail
Tail Pattern: Black
Upper Tail: White
Under Tail: White
Leg Color: Yellow

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Yellow-footed Gull

Yellow-footed Gull: Large, dark-backed, white gull with distinctive yellow legs. Bulbous bill is yellow, red spot near tip of lower mandible. Upper wings are dark gray with white spots near tips, white trailing edges. Strong, direct flight with deep, steady wing beats. Rides thermals and updrafts.

● Song: "quock, kuck, kuck, kuck"

● Foraging & Feeding: Yellow-footed Gull: Feeds along shorelines and shallow waters along the ocean, and along the shores of the Salton Sea in southern California. Preys and scavenges on a wide variety of food items, including marine invertebrates, eggs, and smaller birds.

● Breeding & nesting: Yellow-footed Gull: Nest is a simple scrape on the ground. Two to three light olive to buff eggs with dark brown markings are incubated by both parents for about 28 days. Chicks leave the nest within the first day, but stay in general vicinity for 30 to 45 days and make their first flight when about 49 days old.

● Similar species: Yellow-footed Gull: Western Gull very similar but easily distinguished by its pink legs.

Flight Pattern

Strong and direct flight.

● Range & Habitat: Yellow-footed Gull: Endemic to the shores and marine waters of the Gulf of California, also wanders north to the Salton Sea in southern California after the breeding season.

^BreedingColonial or solitary nester

^PopulationFairly common in range

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight46.4 Ounces

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The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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