Larus canus
            
                (L 16-18" WS 39-43" )
          
         
            
               Hoyer Sluse, Denmark
            
               9Jun2006
          
         
            
               Norsminde, Denmark
            
               9Jun2006
          
         
         
         
            
               May be seen on Pacific coast but
               otherwise rare in No. America.
          
         
         
            
               *No. American subspecies
               known as Short-billed or
               Mew Gull.
          
         
            
               Göteborg, Sweden
            
               28May2010
          
         
            
               Larus in Latin means
rapacious
               seabird; canus
is Latin for gray.
          
         
         
         
            
               © Philippe
               Verbelen
            
               Macaulay
               Library