California gull

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The California gull is a medium-sized North American gull species best known for its historic role in saving early Mormon settlers’ crops in Utah from a devastating insect infestation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
California gull canonical 5
Larus californicus 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bird species
gull
seabird
associatedWithEvent Mormon cricket infestation in Utah
billColor yellow with black ring and red spot in adults
binomialName California gull self-linksurface differs
surface form: Larus californicus
bodyLength about 46–54 cm
bodyMass about 430–1040 g
breedingColonyType colonial nester
breedingRangeIncludes Plains of Canada
surface form: Canadian Prairies

Great Basin
northern Great Plains
breedsIn interior North America
western North America
class Aves
clutchSize 2–3 eggs
conservationStatus Least Concern
conservationStatusSystem IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
surface form: IUCN Red List
culturalSymbolOf Utah
describedBy George Newbold Lawrence
diet carrion
eggs
fish
garbage
grain
insects
small mammals
eggColor olive to brown with dark spots
family Laridae
foragingStrategy opportunistic omnivore
genus Larus
habitat agricultural fields
coastal shorelines
lakes
marshes
rivers
kingdom Animalia
knownFor role in saving early Mormon settlers’ crops in Utah
legColor greenish-yellow
migratoryBehavior migratory
nativeTo North America
nestLocation ground
order Charadriiformes
phylum Chordata
plumage gray back with white head and underparts in breeding adults
similarTo herring gull
ring-billed gull
stateBirdOf Utah
taxonRank species
wingspan about 122–137 cm
winterRangeIncludes Baja California
California coast
Gulf of California
wintersIn Mexico
Pacific coast of North America
southwestern United States

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Utah hasOfficialBird California gull
Mono Basin supportsSpecies California gull
California gull binomialName California gull self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Larus californicus
Gunnison Island hostsSpecies California gull
Anaho Island habitatFor California gull