Belcher's Gull

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Belcher's Gull
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Larus
Species: L. belcheri
Binomial name
Larus belcheri
Vigors, 1829

The Belcher's Gull or Band-tailed Gull, Larus belcheri, is a South American gull.

The name of this bird commemorates the British explorer Sir Edward Belcher.