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Heermann's Gull

Larus heermanni

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Laridae

Heermann's gull (Larus heermanni) is a gull resident in the United States, Mexico and extreme southwestern British Columbia, nearly all nesting on Isla Rasa in the Gulf of California. They are usually found near shores or well out to sea, very rarely inland. The species is named after Adolphus Lewis Heermann, nineteenth-century explorer and naturalist.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 203,342Mexico · 16,296Canada · 9,004