Lake gull, common gull, river gull (Larus ridibundus), a bird of the gull family of the order Ploveraceae. Length 34-43 cm, weight 195-400 g. A small seagull with a relatively long neck. In adult (over a year old) birds, in summer, the head is dark brown with a narrow white crescent-shaped stripe behind the eye the back and inner part of the wings are light gray, the tops of the wings are black, their front edges and the rest of the plumage are white. The beak and legs are dark red. In winter, the head is white, with dark spots in front of the eye and in the ear area, the tip of the beak is black. The young are distinguished by a reddish-brown top pattern and a black apical stripe on the tail. The lake gull breeds in Eurasia and on islands â from about. Iceland, the British Isles, the Iberian Peninsula to the upper reaches of the Kolyma River, Kamchatka Peninsula, Primorye and Northeastern China from forest tundra to deserts, in the mountains to a height of 2 thousand m. Since the end of the 19th century, the number and range of the species has increased significantly, especially due to its intensive synanthropization in Europe.
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