Silver Gull at Coombs, ACT
Identification history
| Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | 28 Jan 2026 | Liam.m | ||
| Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | 26 Jan 2026 | AlisonMilton |
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Very odd behaviour. Every time a Grebe dove under water one seagull would fly and land directly over the same spot. Did this several times before flying further on to the pond and repeating the behaviour with a Coot.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.045630-35.320560
- Altitude 13.4m
- Maps Coombs Ponds
- Places Coombs, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 22 Jan 2026 10:20 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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AlisonMilton NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Latest Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae 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
- -1m to 784.2m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Larus novaehollandiae
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