In my opinion, these birds are under-rated. I have enjoyed watching these cheeky gulls beg, steal and fight for food, fly high with shell fish and drop them onto the rocks in order to break them open, and wander around with attitude. Here's a bunch of photos from my roaming trips, they always make me smile!
New Zealand has 3 species of gulls:
Black-backed gull (Karoro); Red-billed gulls (Tarapunga); and Black-billed gull (Tarapuka). Read more about them here: https://blog.forestandbird.org.nz/not-just-another-gull/
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| possibly a petrel? |
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| Petrel to the right? |