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Cape Fur Seals and Cape Gull, Duiker Island | Hout Bay and Duiker Island - Western Cape, South Africa (IMG_9154.jpg)

Cape Fur Seals and Cape Gull, Duiker Island

The kelp gull (Larus dominicanus), also known as the Dominican gull, is a gull which breeds on coasts and islands through much of the southern hemisphere. The Cape gull (Larus dominicanus vetula) is a subspecies occurring around southern Africa. 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 and is intermediate in size between these two species. This species ranges from 54 to 65 cm (21 to 26 in) in total length, from 128 to 142 cm (50 to 56 in) in wingspan and from 540 to 1,390 g (1.19 to 3.06 lb) in weight.
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