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Bonaparte's Gull
File:Bonaparte's Gull.png
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Aequorlitornithes
Order: Charadriiformes
Suborder: Lari
Family: Laridae
Subfamily: Larinae
Genus: Chroicocephalus
Species: C. philadelphia
Binomial name
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
(Ord, 1815)
File:Chroicocephalus philadelphia map.svg
Synonyms
  • Larus philadelphia
  • Sterna philadelphia Ord, 1815[2]

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A scratchy, soft ear ear is the call of a Bonaparte's Gull while it is feeding.[3]

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References[]

  1. ^ Butchart, S.; Symes, A. (2012). "Larus philadelphia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T22694432A38855554. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T22694432A38855554.enFreely accessible. 
  2. ^ [Ord, George] (1815). "Zoology of North America". A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar; and Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World. By Guthrie, W.; [Ferguson, J.]; [Knox, J.]; [Ord, G.] 2 (Second American improved ed.). Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner. p. 319. 
  3. ^ Krista Kagume (2005). Compact Guide to Ontario Birds. Lone Pine Publishing. ISBN 1551054671. 

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