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