Belcher's gull
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Belcher's gull （Larus belcheri）, also known as the band-tailed gull, is a bird in the family Laridae found along the Pacific coast of South America.
It formerly included the very similar Olrog's gull as a subspecies, but that bird occurs on the Atlantic coast of South America and is now accepted as Larus atlanticus.
Belcher's gull is a medium-sized gull with a blackish mantle, white head and underparts, a black band on the otherwise white tail, and a yellow bill with a red and black tip.
Non-breeding adults have a brownish-black head and a white eye-ring.
The name of this bird commemorates the British explorer Sir Edward Belcher who performed survey work on the Pacific coast of South America.
The band on the tail is a diagnostic feature Belcher's gull grows to a length of about 49 centimetres （19 in）.
The sexes are similar in appearance and in the breeding season, the adult has a white head and very pale grey neck and underparts.
The mantle and back are greyish-black and the tail is white with a broad black subterminal band and a white trailing edge.
The wing coverts and primaries are black and the secondaries dark grey with white tips.
The eye is black, the bill yellow with a distinctive red and black tip, and the legs and feet yellow.
Outside the breeding season the head is dark brown with a white ring surrounding the eye.
The juvenile is mottled brown and white and attains the adult plumage during its third year.
Belcher's gull can be confused with the slightly larger kelp gull （Larus dominicanus） but that species has a small white tip on its otherwise black wing and lacks the Belcher's gull's black band on its tail.
Belcher's gull is found on the Pacific coast of South America.
Its range extends from northern Peru to nor...
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