The most widespread pink-legged gull in North America, the herring is common in the east ... with slightly paler upperparts and wing tips. First-year “vegas” are told from bulkier slaty ...

This is the common and familiar “sea­gull” across much of North America ... more evenly white on the ring-billed). The first-year Cali­fornia is brownish overall, unlike the ring-billed ...

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The Auk Vol. 31, No. 1, Jan., 1914 On the Habits and Behavior of the Herrin... On the Habits and Behavior of the Herring Gull, Larus Argentatus Pont ...

Ringbills commonly mix with herring gulls, which lack the black ring on their bill, and also have a much larger wingspan stretching nearly 60 inches.