Ross's Gull Photo Gallery
Breeding adult
Small gull with short, slender black bill, rounded head, and pale gray wings. Breeding adults have a thin black necklace or collar and pink wash to underparts (can be faint).
© PC Smith / Macaulay LibraryNunavut, August 16, 2011Nonbreeding adult
Small gull with small black bill and rounded head. Nonbreeding adults have dark spot behind the ear, smudge around eyes, and pinkish wash to underparts. Wings are uniform pale gray with gray wingtips. Legs are red.
© Brian Sullivan / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, January 12, 2017Breeding adult
Small gull with short bill and wedge-shaped or diamond-shaped tail. Adults have pale gray wings all the way to the wingtips, with broad white trailing edges.
© Tom Johnson / Macaulay LibraryManitoba, June 10, 2008First winter
Small gull with short bill and wedge-shaped tail. Immatures have bold blackish M on the upperwings, dark spot behind eye, and dark tip to the tail.
© Ian Davies / Macaulay LibraryNew York, January 29, 2017First winter
Small gull with gray underwing and broad white trailing edge. Immatures have a dark spot behind eye, dark pattern on upperwing, and dark tip to tail.
© Ian Davies / Macaulay LibraryNew York, January 29, 2017Breeding adult with Sabine's Gulls
Typically occurs along coastlines and mudflats of the high Arctic; but very rarely, some individuals stray south of the Arctic Circle.
© PC Smith / Macaulay LibraryNunavut, August 16, 2011
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