Larus pacificus

Pacific Gull at Bournda, NSW

Larus pacificus at Bournda, NSW - 26 Apr 2018 12:24 PM
Larus pacificus at Bournda, NSW - 26 Apr 2018 12:24 PM
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Identification history

Larus pacificus 6 May 2018 offshore
Larus pacificus 5 May 2018 offshore
Unidentified 5 May 2018 ArcherCallaway

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Need ID help for this one. Large seabird which we didn't notice until it had already flown over us, on a beach at Bournda National Park. Initial impression from behind was a large raptor around sea-eagle size. It then continued to fly directly away from us (north into the sun) for 100s of metres (probably well over a km in total), before it finally briefly turned back towards the sea and I could now tell that it was a sea bird. Hope these photos are sufficient as they were all I managed and severely cropped.

4 comments

offshore wrote:
   6 May 2018
Bit hard to tell, how about a Pacific Gull
offshore wrote:
   6 May 2018
Hello Ryu, I've suggest Pacific Gull but will wait for your reply before I confirm it, as you were there, there have been a few juveniles around since late March.
   6 May 2018
Thanks guys, gull hadn't even occured to me as I hadn't realised they were so large! Are you confident about Pacific vs Kelp Gull for that location?
offshore wrote:
   6 May 2018
I have only seen pacific gulls here usually around May but there were some around in late March this year

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  • Larus pacificus Scientific name
  • Pacific Gull Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Rare or uncommon native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 128.7m Recorded at altitude
  • 67 images trained Machine learning
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