Black-headed gull / Lachmöwe (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
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On a canal feeding into the Pfäffikersee Paradoxically, they don't have to have a black head. 2020-10-30 16.51.58 Pfäffikersee
Classification: Genus Chroicocephalus; Subfamily Larinae; Family Gulls (Laridae)
This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, Africa, Asia.
Common waterbird at Pfäffikersee, that doesn't necessarily have the eponymous black head.
not sexually dimporphic. No breeding plumage Identifying characteristics: Summer: head = black, , , , , tail = black Winter: head = white (With Charlie Brown-style half circle behind the eye), , , , general: beak = red, legs = red, wings = gray, Habitats: River and lake Call: Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording
♫ Source: BirdNet 20210427_165123 birdnet 1485 - Black-headed Gull racket at Chlisee - No confident detection - Wetzikon.mp3 2021-04-27 16.51.23 Wetzikon (song?)
First documented observation : 2020-05-20 in Pfäffikersee.
Media
Hunderte von Lachmoewen am Greifensee. 2021-10-30 11.19.58 Um Naturzentrum Silberweide am Greifensee |
Ein Chaos von Lachmoewen beim Greifensee. 2021-10-30 12.47.22 Um Naturzentrum Silberweide am Greifensee |
Additional Images
Lachmoewen sind jetzt voll im Prachtzug mit dem schwarzen Kopf am Pfaeffikersee bei Badi Auslikon. 2024-03-30 16.36.56 Pfäffikersee |
Lachmoewe. 2021-10-24 10.30.14 Neeracherried |
Lachmoewen am Himmel ueberm Aabach, Wetzikon. 2021-03-10 09.41.22 Pfäffikersee |
Lachmoewen am Himmel ueberm Aabach, Wetzikon. 2021-03-10 09.41.22 Pfäffikersee |
Lachmoewen und blaesshuhn pfaeffikersee. 2021-01-26 15.02.56 Pfäffikersee |
Additional Audio
♫ Source: BirdNet 20210427_165123 birdnet 1485 - No confident detection, but they are in fact black headed gulls - No confident detection - Wetzikon.mp3 2021-04-27 16.51.23 Wetzikon (song?)
♫ Source: BirdNet 20200930_152751 birdnet 951 squawking nice recording - Black-headed gull - Pf=C3=A4ffikon.mp3 2020-09-30 15.27.51 Pfäffikersee (song?)