Key Identification Features
- The underside of the wing is pale gray, with a blackish outer half that features large white "mirror" markings on the three outermost primaries.
- Its bill is mostly black, with a distinct contrasting white tip.
- A distinct feature of white-eyed gulls at all ages is their long, slender bill.
- Its head and dark red bill have an elongated, tapering shape, and the bird has a distinctly long-necked appearance.
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