Silver Gull
Common in all states of Australia...adapted
well to urban environments including
shopping centers and garbage dumps.
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
(L 15.7-17.7" WS 37.0")
Michaelmas Cay 
Great Barrier Reef
25Oct2015
Cairns
Australia
25Oct2015
Population has exploded. Their
success is built almost literally
on our garbage.
(Louise Egerton)
© Ramit
Singal
xeno-canto
Chroicocephalus is Greek for stain-
headed; novaehollandia in Mod Latin
means
New Holland, 17th & 18th C.
name for eastern Australia.
© eBird