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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 64. Chapters: American Herring Gull, Andean Gull, Armenian Gull, Audouin's Gull, Belcher's Gull, Black-billed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Black-legged Kittiwake, Black-tailed Gull, Bonaparte's Gull, Brown-headed Gull, Brown-hooded Gull, California Gull, Caspian Gull, Chroicocephalus, Common Gull, Dolphin Gull, European Herring Gull, Franklin's Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Glaucous Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Grey-headed Gull, Grey Gull, Hartlaub's Gull, Heermann's Gull, Heuglin's Gull, Huahine Gull, Hybridisation in gulls, Iceland Gull, Ichthyaetus, Ivory Gull, Kelp Gull, Kumlien's Gull, Larus, Laughing Gull, Lava Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Leucophaeus, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Olrog's Gull, Outline of birds, Pacific Gull, Pallas's Gull, Red-billed Gull, Red-legged Kittiwake, Relict Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Ross's Gull, Sabine's Gull, Saunders's Gull, Seagull Monument, Silver Gull, Slaty-backed Gull, Slender-billed Gull, Sooty Gull, Swallow-tailed Gull, Thayer's Gull, Vega Gull, Western Gull, White-eyed Gull, Yellow-footed Gull, Yellow-legged Gull. Excerpt: Gulls or seagulls are seabirds of the family Laridae in the sub-order Lari. They are most closely related to the terns (family Sternidae) and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders. Until the twenty-first century most gulls were placed in the genus Larus, but this arrangement is now known to be polyphyletic, leading to the resurrection of several genera. Gulls are typically medium to large birds, usually grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They typically have harsh wailing or squawking calls, stout, longish bills, and webbed feet. Most gulls, particularly Larus species, are ground-nesting carnivores, which will take live food or scavenge opportunistically. Live food often includes crabs and small fish....
