Ring-billed Gull

Goéland à bec cerclé

Larus delawarensis

• Description

  Smaller, almost delicate by comparison to other gulls, these are also grey-backed gulls, but the distinctive black ring around their beak gives them away.

• Habitat

  Bays and Estuaries, Beaches & Sand Dunes, Coastal Shorelines, Coastal Zone, Fields, Fresh Water Ponds, Freshwater Marshes, Mudflats, Rivers, Salt Marshes, Sandflats, Subtidal

• Interesting Fact

  The Ring-billed Gull is probably the most numerous gull in North America.