Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Larus
 
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Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia

Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published September 7, 2015

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Figure 1. Distribution of Bonaparte's Gull. - Range Map
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Figure 1. Distribution of Bonaparte's Gull.

This species winters along both coasts and inland, moving southward ahead of freeze-up to area below dashed line to Gulf Coast and northern Mexico.

Recommended Citation

Burger, J., M. Gochfeld, G. M. Kirwan, and E. F. J. Garcia (2015). Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved from Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: https://birdsoftheworld.org/hbw/species/bongul/1.0