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Little Gull Sounds

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Jämtlands län [SE-23], June 17, 2011Recorded by Patrik Åberg
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New York, May 18, 2016Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library
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Southern Savonia, June 29, 2014Recorded by Stuart Fisher / Macaulay Library

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Calls

Little Gulls produce as many as 13 different calls, most of these only on the breeding grounds. All of these calls are sharp, short, ternlike calls, relatively high in pitch, sounding like kee, kih, tuk, koo, and ki-deer.

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Bonaparte's Gull

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Black-headed Gull

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Black-headed Gull

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Black-headed Gull

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Black-legged Kittiwake

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Black-legged Kittiwake

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Species in This Family

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers(Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Laridae)

Black-legged Kittiwake

Red-legged Kittiwake

Bonaparte's Gull

Black-headed Gull

Franklin's Gull

Heermann's Gull

Short-billed Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Yellow-footed Gull

American Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

California Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Slaty-backed Gull

Gull-billed Tern

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