Black-billed gull | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Laridae |
Genus: | Chroicocephalus |
Species: | C. bulleri
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Binomial name | |
Chroicocephalus bulleri (Hutton, 1871)
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Synonyms | |
Larus bulleri[2] |
The black-billed gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri), also called Buller's gull or tarāpuka (Māori), is a Near Threatened species of gull in the family Laridae.[3][4][5] This gull is found only in New Zealand, its ancestors having arrived from Australia around 250,000 years ago.[6]: 89