African Bird Club

Black-headed Gull - 1st winter

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

Location

» Arico municipality, Tenerife

Country image taken

» Canary Islands

Date

» August, 2025

Equipment

» Pentax K-m with zoom Tamron 70-300 mm

Bird Species

»Chroicocephalus ridibundus - Black-headed Gull

Bird Species (French)

»Mouette rieuse

Bird Family

»Laridae - Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

Bird Group

»Charadriiformes Gull, Skua, Tern, Wader

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» This species is a regular wintering bird in the Canaries, but in much fewer numbers than in the recent past (e.g., decades of 1980 and 1990), being more usual to see it in the central and eastern islands (Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, and Lanzarote).