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Black-headed gulls

Lachmöwen

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

 

Floridsdorfer Wasserpark

 

The Floridsdorf Water Park is a small, park-like section of the Old Danube in Vienna's 21st district, Floridsdorf. It is a centre of attraction for many bird species, whether they live here permanently or just spend the winter.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floridsdorfer_Wasserpark

 

Black-headed gulls are so called because they have black-brown heads in their summer plumage. In winter they have white heads with dark ear spots.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-headed_gull

 

"Ihren lateinischen Namen erhielt [die Lachmöwe], weil ihr Ruf an ein spöttisches Lachen erinnert. Der deutsche Name stammt von der wörtlichen Übersetzung aus dem Lateinischen." de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachm%C3%B6we

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