Glaucous-winged x Herring Gull Hybrid and Northwestern Crow - Corvus caurinus

1/6/07

Des Moines Beach Park, Des Moines, Washington, U.S.A.

Larus and Corvus caurinus

The Northwestern Crow is the smallish crow that is common along salt-water/beach areas in the Puget Sound.

Taken with a Nikon N65, zoom lens Quantaray 70-300mm 1:4-5.6D LDO Macro.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Aves

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Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Laridae

Genus: Larus

This specimen of gull appears to be a hybrid with the Herring Gull. (darker wingtips than usual).

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Order: Passeriformes

Family: Corvidae

Genus: Corvus

Species: caurinus

(Corvus caurinus) Northwestern Crow

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