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Revision as of 19:36, 18 August 2009

Alternative name: Band-tailed Gull

Larus belcheri
Photo by Alastair Rae
Arica, Chile

Identification

White head, neck, breast and sides, smudged with darker grey to belly, white lower belly and undertail coverts, sooty black mantle, black tail and uppertail coverts, long yellow bill tipped black and then red, long yellow legs and feet.

Distribution

Peru, n. Chile to Arica.

Taxonomy

Monotypic.

Habitat

Coasts.

Behaviour

The diet includes clams.

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