Pacific Gull at Bournda, NSW
Identification history
| Larus pacificus | 6 May 2018 | offshore | ||
| Larus pacificus | 5 May 2018 | offshore | ||
| Unverified | 5 May 2018 | ArcherCallaway |
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User's notes
Need ID help for this one. Large seabird which we didn't notice until it had already flown over us, on a beach at Bournda National Park. Initial impression from behind was a large raptor around sea-eagle size. It then continued to fly directly away from us (north into the sun) for 100s of metres (probably well over a km in total), before it finally briefly turned back towards the sea and I could now tell that it was a sea bird.
Hope these photos are sufficient as they were all I managed and severely cropped.
4 comments
offshore
wrote:
6 May 2018
Hello Ryu, I've suggest Pacific Gull but will wait for your reply before I confirm it, as you were there, there have been a few juveniles around since late March.
ArcherCallaway
wrote:
6 May 2018
Thanks guys, gull hadn't even occured to me as I hadn't realised they were so large! Are you confident about Pacific vs Kelp Gull for that location?
offshore
wrote:
6 May 2018
I have only seen pacific gulls here usually around May but there were some around in late March this year
Location information
- Coordinates 149.938113-36.816970
- Altitude 6.8m
- Maps Bournda Environment Education Centre Bournda National Park
- Places Bournda, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Apr 2018 12:24 PM Recorded on
- ArcherCallaway Recorded by
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ArcherCallaway South Coast NatureMapr Larus pacificus Other Waterbirds (Crakes, Grebes, Gulls and Terns) Water birds Birds
Species information
- Larus pacificus Scientific name
- Pacific Gull Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 128.7m Recorded at altitude
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