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Silver Gull rinsing a fish

(Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
Alternate name(s): "Red-legged Gull", "Red-billed Gull",
"Crimson-billed Gull", "Jameson Gull", "Mackarel Gull", "Seagull";
misnomer: "Sea-pigeon"
Aboriginal name(s): Race "novaehollandiae": "manggiwarraywarraymal" [yuwaalaraay];
"djidjinook", "djiranger" (WA); "kalliwarra", "koonya", "tarooki"
Size: 40-45 cm; wing span 91-96 cm
Body mass: 195-430 g (race "novaehollandiae"); 150-365 g (race "scopulinus")
Wing loading [g/cm2]: 0.35-0.45

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While normally one finds Silver Gulls squabbling over food, we have observed the opposite. One bird brought in its catch, put it down on a rockface, and offered it to another, possibly its mate, who subsequently devoured the fish.

Lateral view of a female(?) Silver Gull, left, carrying a fish to water that it had received, possibly from its partner, on the right, who accompanied it during the process
[Iluka Bluff, Bundjalung NP, NSW, May 2014]

Next, the Silver Gull was seen rinsing the fish
[Iluka Bluff, Bundjalung NP, NSW, May 2014]

At last, the Silver Gull ate the fish, head first
[Iluka Bluff, Bundjalung NP, NSW, May 2014]

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