The Kelp Gull, Southern Black-backed Gull, Dominican GullLarus dominicanus is a rare migrant from South America. These photos were taken in the Penguin House of Seaworld in Orlando. There are three gulls with the combination of a red spot on the lower bill and black back and wings: The Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black Backed Gull and the Kelp Gull. The first two are have a range along the coast of eastern U.S. while the Kelp Gull is a rare visitor from South America. The Kelp Gull superficially resembles two gulls from further north in the Atlantic Ocean the Lesser Black-backed Gull and the Great Black-backed Gull. The Kelp is intermediate in size between these two species.
Photo 3835 was taken at the Los Pantanos de Villa preserve, Peru.
The photos in the 9000 series were taken in Argentina and Antarctica/Falklands/South Georgia.