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Ring-billed Gull Longevity

By Bird Banding Laboratory
A gull with a metal leg band in flight the blue sky, wings extended
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Detailed Description

Photographed in January 2021, this federally banded Ring-billed Gull set a new longevity record for the species. This same individual was re-sighted again in December 2021, breaking the longevity record a second time, at 29 years and 6 months.

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