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Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus*
 (L 16" WS 40" 9 oz)
Copenhagen
04Jun2010
Rare in the US...a noisy bird...its
scientific name ‘ridibundus’ means
‘laughing’.
Norsminde
04Jun2010
Head is actually chocolate
brown.
*previously Larus
ridibundus
Aarhus
03Oct2007
1st winter
Chroicocephalus is Greek for
stain-headed; ridibundus is
Latin for laughing.
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