Swallow-tailed Gull Photo by Ann Doty

Swallow-tailed Gull

Creagrus furcatus

Adult

©Ann Doty

Location: Ecuador > Galápagos
Date: Jun 28, 2019
Caption: #photocontest2019

Espanola Punta Suarez; Galapagos Ecuador
with VENT tour guide Michael O'Brien

Breeding adults are mostly pearly gray with a black head, red eyering, pinkish legs, and a pale-tipped bill with a white spot at the base. In flight, note striking three-toned wing pattern with gray, white, and black.