Author: idmeditor

In the breeding season the plumage of the back is brown, light brown head, white forehead with a black band on it, the throat and abdomen are greyish divided with a thin brown line. The bill is black and thick, the tail is small rounded with white outer feathers and long, greyish-pink legs. Habitat: It […]

Common bird found in humid areas of Europe, Asia, Alaska and the Canadian Arctic. In winter they make short migrations to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America, although birds breeding in northern Alaska winter in Asia. Their nest on the ground has the form of a cup lined with grass, holding 4 eggs […]

These birds have two methods of opening bivalve shells. One is to look for a mussel that has the shell slightly open, prick it quickly with the beak to open it, cut the muscles and then remove the contents. With the other method, the bird simply hammers the shell until it brakes open. Habitat: Coastal […]

It has a pearl grey back and a black stripe at the tip of the bill. It nests in noisy colonies, often by a lake or reservoir, although in winter it usually nests on the coast. Habitat: These birds frequent inland water reserviors. They can be found in areas with sandy terrain where vegetation is […]

This species is easy to identify. During summer, the body of an adult is white, while its back and wings are much darker grey than in any other gulls of similar size. Young specimens are similar to adults but lack the white band on the wing and their hoods are less developed. It takes them […]