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Great Black-backed Gull![]() Size: 64-79 cm; wing span: 1.5-1.7 m Weight: 0.75-2.3 kg |
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
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BREEDING |
Near-frontal view of a Great Black-backed Gull in breeding
plumage;
note the characteristic dark-grey mantle and the massive bill
- the bird is surrounded by other, smaller gulls including, on
the left, a
Yellow-legged Gull
(photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Costa de Caparica, Portugal, June 2017]
Near-lateral view of a Great Black-backed Gull in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Wadebridge, Cornwall, England, September 2019]
Near-lateral view of a Great Black-backed Gull in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Torre Beach, Carcavelos, near Lisbon, Portugal, November 2017]
Near-lateral view of a Great Black-backed Gull in breeding
plumage,
surrounded by other, smaller gulls
(photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Costa de Caparica, Portugal, September 2017]
Lateral view of a Great Black-backed Gull in breeding
plumage;
note the characteristic dark-grey mantle and the massive bill
(photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Torre Beach, Carcavelos, near Lisbon, Portugal, November 2017]
Lateral view of a Great Black-backed Gull in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Skjervoy, near Tromso, Norway, in June 2018]
Near-dorsal view of a Great Black-backed Gull in heavily worn
breeding plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Padstow, Cornwall, England, September 2019]
Dorsal view of a Great Black-backed Gull in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Cabo Raso, Cascais, near Lisbon, Portugal, October 2019]
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IMMATURE/JUVENILE |
Lateral view of a fourth calendar-year Great Black-backed Gull
surrounded by other, smaller gulls
(photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Costa de Caparica, Portugal, June 2017]
Lateral view of a third calendar-year Great Black-backed Gull
that has lost a foot, surrounded by other, smaller gulls
(photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Costa de Caparica, Portugal, June 2017]
Lateral view of a second calendar-year Great Black-backed Gull
surrounded by other, smaller gulls
(photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Costa de Caparica, Portugal, March 2018]
Near-dorsal view of a second calendar-year Great Black-backed Gull
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Cabo Raso, Cascais, near Lisbon, Portugal, October 2019]
Frontal view of a first calendar-year Great Black-backed Gull
surrounded by other, smaller gulls
(photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Costa de Caparica, Portugal, November 2017]
Lateral view of a first calendar-year Great Black-backed Gull;
note the size of this bird compared to the
Lesser Black-backed
Gull in the background
(photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Torre Beach, Carcavelos, near Lisbon, Portugal, November 2017]
Lateral view of a first calendar-year Great Black-backed Gull
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Skjervoy, near Tromso, Norway, in June 2018]
Lateral view of a first calendar-year Great Black-backed Gull
surrounded by other, smaller gulls
(photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Costa de Caparica, Portugal, July 2017]
Lateral view of a first calendar-year Great Black-backed Gull
surrounded by other, smaller gulls
(photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Costa de Caparica, Portugal, July 2017]
Near-lateral view of a juvenile Great Black-backed Gull
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Skjervoy, near Tromso, Norway, in June 2018]