Table of Contents
Basic Anatomical Terms 10
Glossary 10
Introduction 13
Overview-By Pete Dunne 13
Why This Book, Now? 16
Traditional Gull ID Problems 20
A Basic Approach to Gull ID 23
Gulls and Gull-like Birds 28
Species Accounts 33
Size and Sex Guidelines for Gulls 33
Small to Medium-Sized Gulls and Hooded Gulls 35
Laughing Gull 35
Franklin's Gull 44
Bonaparte's Gull 50
Black-headed Gull 58
Little Gull 64
Sabine's Gull 69
Black-legged Kittiwake 73
Red-legged Kittiwake 79
Heermann's Gull 81
Gray-Backed White-Headed Gulls 85
Herring Gull 85
California Gull 96
Ring-billed Gull 104
Mew Gull 112
Iceland Gull 118
Glaucous Gull 129
Glaucous-winged Gull 134
Large Dark-Backed Gulls 143
Western Gull 143
Yellow-footed Gull 151
Great Black-backed Gull 155
Lesser Black-backed Gull 165
Dark Horse Gulls (Rare or Unlikely Gulls) 177
Slaty-backed Gull 177
Kelp Gull 179
Black-tailed Gull 181
Ivory Gull 182
Ross's Gull 186
Hybrid Gulls 189
Quiz and Review 192
Answers to Quiz Photos 199
Appendix 205
Bibliography 207
Photographer Credits 207
Index 208