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Pacific Seagul in Water Royalty Free Stock Photo

Pacific Seagull in FLight Royalty Free Stock Photo

The Pacific Gull is a very large 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 immatures have dark brown wings, whitish mottled body and a black-tipped yellow bill. There are two forms of the Pacific Gull: the eastern form race pacificus has a white eye and a complete red tip to the bill while the western form race gergii has a red eye and an incomplete red tip to the bill.