See also: Seagull (homonymy)

Goéland is a generic term indicating of many species of Oiseau X marine of the family of the laridé S pertaining to the kind Larus (which also includes/understands Mouette S).

Distinction

Actually, there is hardly but the French language to make this distinction of nomenclature between gulls and seagulls : to simplify, a seagull is a large gull, and conversely.

They are rather close to the Sterne S and a little less of the Pingouin. The word seagull is a loan with the Breton gouelan which means to cry .

On the European coasts, the most common is the Gull herring ( Larus argentatus ).

Description

They are birds of intermediate size or large, generally gray or white (but the young people are gray-brown), with often black marks on the head or the wings, which measure 1 m 40 of scale. They have a Bec long and thick, webbed feet . The great species put up to four years to reach the complete adult plumage, but more typically two years for the small seagulls.

Food

The majority of the seagulls are Omnivore S, nourishing animals and sometimes of carrions.

Geography

The seagulls all are almost coastal or insular, seldom venturing in open sea.

Various species

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