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Short-billed Gull

Larus brachyrhynchus

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Laridae

The short-billed gull (Larus brachyrhynchus) is a species of gull that breeds in northwestern North America. In North America, it was previously known as the mew gull, when it was considered conspecific with the palearctic common gull (Larus canus). Most authorities, including the American Ornithological Society in 2021, have split the two populations as distinct species.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 240,442Canada · 104,813Mexico · 121