The Silver Gull has a white head, tail and underparts, with a light grey back and black-tipped wings. In adult birds the bill, legs and eye-ring are bright orange-red

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Habitat The Silver Gull is found at virtually any watered habitat and is rarely seen far from land. Birds flock in high numbers around fishing boats as these leave or return to the coast, but seldom venture far out to sea
Size 38–43 cm with a wing span of 91–96 cm
Origin Native
Distribution The Silver Gull is common throughout Australia and is also found in New Zealand and New Caledonia
Descriptions
Distribution
The Silver Gull is common throughout Australia and is also found in New Zealand and New Caledonia
Habitat
The Silver Gull is found at virtually any watered habitat and is rarely seen far from land. Birds flock in high numbers around fishing boats as these leave or return to the coast, but seldom venture far out to sea
Size
38–43 cm with a wing span of 91–96 cm
Common Name Silver Gull
Aliases Sea Gull,
Origin Native
Conservation Least Concern
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
SuperclassGnathostomata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyLaridae
SubfamilyLarinae
GenusChroicocephalus
SpeciesChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
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