Lava Gull

There are over 50 species of gull. Lava Gull is rarest. Gulls you see at the beach are not Lava Gulls unless you're in the Galapagos.

Oct 25, 2024

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Lava Gull, *Leucophaeus fuliginosus.* animalia.bio. I have never been to the Galapagos, so any pictures of Lava Gulls here were not taken by me.

The Galapagos Islands have many birds. Flightless Cormorant, Phalacrocorax harrisi; Large Ground Finch, Geospiza magnirostris; Galapagos Hawk, Buteo galapagoensis. One species endemic to the Galapagos stands out. …

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