Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

Silver Gull at Kingston, ACT

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Identification history

	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae	14 Sep 2017	MichaelBedingfield
	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae	21 Jul 2017	AlisonMilton

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User's notes

A lot of one-legged seagulls. While some were just resting their leg as seagulls do, quite a few hopped rather than walked, including the one just landing. It didn't put its other foot down. Something must be predating on these birds.

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ArcherCallaway wrote:

22 Jul 2017

I suspect the one-leggedness has more to do with fishing line entanglement.
I'm loving that second shot!

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Location information

Coordinates 149.145543 -35.310318
Altitude 573.5m
Maps Lake Burley Griffin Central/East
Places Kingston, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
21 Jul 2017 10:46 AM Recorded on
AlisonMilton Recorded by
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AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Other Waterbirds (Crakes, Grebes, Gulls and Terns) Water birds Birds

Species information

Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Scientific name
Silver Gull Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
-0.98m to 784.2m Recorded at altitude
267 images trained Machine learning
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Synonyms
Larus novaehollandiae

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