Alternative name: Band-tailed Gull
- Larus belcheri
Identification
White head, neck, breast and sides, smudged with darker grey to belly, white lower belly and undertail coverts, sooty black mantle, black tail and uppertail coverts, long yellow bill tipped black and then red, long yellow legs and feet.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Coasts.
Behaviour
The diet includes clams.