Size: 17 inches
Overall Color: white
Occurrence: widespread
Diet: opportunistic
Nest: dish on ground
Field Identification: black wing tips, black ring around tip ofyellow bill
Season: year-round
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: 34 Laridae (gulls,terns,skimmers)
Genus: Larus
Species: delawarensis
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