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SILVER GULL FACTS
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Description
The Silver Gull is the most common Australian gull. White with silver grey upper parts. White eye.
Size
38 - 43cm
Habitat
coasts and islands. inland near large expanses of water.
Food
fish, plankton, small aquatic animals, also scavenges in garbage.
Breeding
breeds in colonies. Nest made of seaweed, plant matter on or near ground. 1-3 pale eggs blotched with black and brown.
Range
Common in coastal regions of Australia and neighbouring islands.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Charadriiformes | | Family: | Laridae | | Genus: | Larus | | Species: | novaehollandiae | | Common Name: | Silver Gull |
Relatives in same Genus
Laughing Gull (L. atricilla)
Black-tailed Gull (L. crassirostris)
Kelp Gull (L. dominicanus)
Franklins Gull (L. pipixcan)
Black-headed Gull (L. ridibundus)
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