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Within Vinony's link graph, Belcher's Gull is referenced by 96 other articles, and connects out to Least Concern, South America and Animalia.
It sits within the topics Birds described in 1829, Birds of Chile and Birds of Ecuador.
Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Least Concernband-tailed gull
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyLaridae
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
Show 9 more facts
- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Larus belcheri
- Commons category
- Larus belcheri
- Commons gallery
- Larus belcheri
- taxon common name
- gaivota-peruana
- wingspan
- 120
- taxon range
- South America
- short name
- L. belcheri
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Encyclopedic overview
Belcher's gull (Larus belcheri), also known as the band-tailed gull, is a bird in the family Laridae found along the Pacific coast of South America. It formerly included the very similar Olrog's gull as a subspecies, but that bird occurs on the Atlantic coast of South America and is now accepted as a separate species Larus atlanticus. Belcher's gull is a medium-sized gull with a blackish mantle, white head and underparts, a black band on the otherwise white tail, and a yellow bill with a red and black tip. Non-breeding adults have a brownish-black head and a white eye-ring. The name commemorates the British explorer Sir Edward Belcher, who performed survey work on the Pacific coast of South America.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Belcher's Gull” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.