The Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus) is a very large gull native to the coasts of Australia. The adult is black-backed gull with a massive yellow bill, broadly tipped with scarlet. The upper wings and wingtips are wholly black with a narrow white inner trailing edge, the tail is white with a broad black band near the end. The legs are yellow to orange-yellow.
Juvenile Pacific Gulls are mottled dark brown with pale face and the bill is pink with a black tip. The juveniles take up to 4 years to gradually gain their adult plummage.
The immatures have dark brown wings, whitish mottled body and a black-tipped yellow bill.
The following images are mostly immature Pacific Gulls (note the black tipped bill with yellow tip). There were no adults in sight.
Below is an image of an adult Pacific Gull sourced from Wikipedia. You can see how very different they are...
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7 comments:
These are great pictures, Liz. I've been waiting for ths post. I really like the way you tell your stories with your photos. xoxo
The last photo is the beautiful! I love the coulor of his beak!
Excellent shots Liz.
I have terrible trying to ID gulls.
love the browns and feather patterns! glad you were able to i.d. him!
A lovely post and your images are wonderful.
Good Lord what a transformation!
Great post, beautifully written and photographed. That is one tough looking gull!
Cheers!
Very nice photos that make an otherwise ordinary gull look interesting. Well done.
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