Specimen information:

• Catalog number: MZB 90-0010
• Scientific name : Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763
• Common name: European herring gull
• Element: pelvis
• Collecting date: 1980
• Sex: male
• Acquisition source: Parc Zoològic de Barcelona
• Acquisition Date: 15/05/1990
• Biometrics - pelvis: Width 62mm X Depth 50.7mm

Information about the species:

Chordata ,Vertebrata ,Aves ,Charadriiformes ,Laridae ,Larus ,Larus argentatus

Description:

The European Herring Gull is an opportunisitic predator that feeds on marine invertebrates, fish, other birds and even on rubbish and dead animals. Its skull is elongated and pear-shaped, with a bill with a hooked tip. It feeds by flying low over the water surface and it will dive to capture prey with its bill, whose hooked shape prevents its prey from slipping away.

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• Picture Author: Jordi Cadevall
• Picture date: 10/01/2017
• Number of polygons: 1.2M
• Number of vertex: 617.2k