GALLERIES > BIRDS > CHARADRIIFORMES > LARIDAE > GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL [Larus glaucescens]
Location: Playa del Rey (Ballona Creek), CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.4W, elev=0' MAP Date: February 18, 2009 ID : 7C2V4810 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Playa del Rey (Ballona Creek), CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.4W, elev=0' MAP Date: February 18, 2009 ID : 7C2V4821 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Playa del Rey (Dockweiler State Beach), CAGPS: 33.9N, -118.4W, elev=14' MAP Date: April 26, 2014 ID : B13K6125 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: San Gabriel Spreading Grounds, Pico Rivera, CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.1W, elev=162' MAP Date: February 4, 2016 ID : B13K0122 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Playa del Rey (Dockweiler State Beach), CAGPS: 33.9N, -118.4W, elev=14' MAP Date: April 26, 2014 ID : B13K6077 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Playa del Rey (Dockweiler State Beach), CAGPS: 33.9N, -118.4W, elev=14' MAP Date: April 26, 2014 ID : B13K6120 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Playa del Rey (Dockweiler State Beach), CAGPS: 33.9N, -118.4W, elev=14' MAP Date: April 26, 2014 ID : B13K6122 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Dockweiler Beach, CAGPS: 33.9N, -118.4W, elev=16' MAP Date: February 1, 2014 ID : B13K5726 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Malibu Lagoon, CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.7W, elev=8' MAP Date: February 21, 2012 ID : B13K4328 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Saint Paul, Pribilof Islands, AKGPS: 57.1N, -170.3W, elev=28' MAP Date: June 1, 2012 ID : 7C2V6547 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Playa del Rey, CAGPS: 33.9N, -118.4W, elev=50' MAP Date: January 27, 2013 ID : B13K1983 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Playa del Rey (Ballona Creek), CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.4W, elev=0' MAP Date: December 15, 2012 ID : B13K1359 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Playa del Rey (Ballona Creek), CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.4W, elev=0' MAP Date: December 15, 2012 ID : B13K1354 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Malibu Lagoon, CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.7W, elev=8' MAP Date: February 21, 2012 ID : B13K4341 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Saint Paul, Pribilof Islands, AKGPS: 57.1N, -170.3W, elev=28' MAP Date: June 1, 2012 ID : B13K8272 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Portland (Westmoreland Park), ORGPS: 45.5N, -122.6W, elev=51' MAP Date: December 6, 2011 ID : B13K0638 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Portland (Westmoreland Park), ORGPS: 45.5N, -122.6W, elev=51' MAP Date: December 6, 2011 ID : B13K0613 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Salton Sea, CAGPS: 33.2N, -115.6W, elev=-232' MAP Date: November 23, 2010 ID : B13K4589 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Playa del Rey (Ballona Creek), CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.4W, elev=0' MAP Date: November 21, 2010 ID : B13K4489 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Siletz Bay, ORGPS: 44.9N, -124.0W, elev=13' MAP Date: December 4, 2010 ID : B13K5085 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Siletz Bay, ORGPS: 44.9N, -124.0W, elev=13' MAP Date: December 4, 2010 ID : B13K5099 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Portland (Westmoreland Park), ORGPS: 45.5N, -122.6W, elev=51' MAP Date: December 5, 2010 ID : B13K5168 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Playa del Rey (Ballona Creek), CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.4W, elev=0' MAP Date: February 18, 2009 ID : 7C2V4800 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Playa del Rey (Ballona Creek), CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.4W, elev=0' MAP Date: January 3, 2009 ID : 7C2V3159 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Salton Sea, CAGPS: 33.2N, -115.6W, elev=-232' MAP Date: May 2, 2009 ID : 7C2V7192 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Salton Sea, CAGPS: 33.2N, -115.6W, elev=-232' MAP Date: May 2, 2009 ID : 7C2V7190 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Playa del Rey (Ballona Creek), CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.4W, elev=0' MAP Date: February 18, 2009 ID : 7C2V4785 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Clover Pt., Victoria, B.C., CanadaGPS: 48.4N, -123.3W, elev=2' MAP Date: September 3, 2008 ID : 7C2V8539 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Clover Pt., Victoria, B.C., CanadaGPS: 48.4N, -123.3W, elev=2' MAP Date: September 3, 2008 ID : 7C2V8371 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Los Angeles (Echo Park Lake), CAGPS: 34.1N, -118.3W, elev=387' MAP Date: December 28, 2008 ID : 7C2V2811 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Playa del Rey (Ballona Creek), CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.4W, elev=0' MAP Date: November 24, 2008 ID : 7C2V2150 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Playa del Rey (Ballona Creek), CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.4W, elev=0' MAP Date: November 24, 2008 ID : 7C2V2159 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Clover Pt., Victoria, B.C., CanadaGPS: 48.4N, -123.3W, elev=2' MAP Date: September 3, 2008 ID : 7C2V8442 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Playa del Rey (Del Rey Lagoon), CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.5W, elev=3' MAP Date: February 21, 2008 ID : 4270 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Playa del Rey (Del Rey Lagoon), CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.5W, elev=3' MAP Date: February 21, 2008 ID : 4258 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Playa del Rey (Del Rey Lagoon), CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.5W, elev=3' MAP Date: February 21, 2008 ID : 4277 [3888 x 2592]
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SPECIES INFO
The Glaucous-winged Gull, Larus glaucescens, is a large, white-headed gull residing from the Aleutians to the western coast of Alaska to the coast of Washington. It also breeds on the northwest coast of Alaska. During non-breeding seasons they can be found along the coast of California. It is a close relative of the Western Gull and frequently hybridizes with it, resulting in identification problems--particularly in the Puget Sound area. Glaucous-winged Gulls are thought to live about 15 years. One individual, notable because he had only one leg, lived at least 30.
The Glaucous-winged Gull is rarely found far from saltwater. It is a large bird, measuring 24 to 27 in. (61-69 cm.) with a white head, neck, breast, and belly, a white tail, and pearly-gray wings and back. The ends of their wings are white-tipped. Its legs are pink and the beak is yellow with a red subterminal spot. The forehead is somewhat flat. During the winter, the head and nape appears dusky, and the subterminal spot becomes dark. Young birds are brown or gray with black beaks, and take four years to reach full plumage.
The Glaucous-winged Gull nests in the summer, and each pair produces two or three chicks which fledge at six weeks.
It feeds along the coast, scavenging for dead or weak squid, fish, mussels, and the like, and often picks up human garbage.
Its cry is a low-pitched "kak-kak-kak" or "wow", or a more high-pitched wailing.
It is an exceptionally rare vagrant to the Western Palearctic region, with records from Morocco, the Canary Islands and, most recently, from Britain in the winter of 2006/2007
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