What is Gull?
{{Taxobox | name = Gulls | image = Black-headed Gull - St James's Park, London - Nov 2006.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = [[Black-headed gull]] (winter plumage) | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Aves]] | ordo = [[Charadriiformes]] | subordo = [[Lari]] | familia = '''Laridae''' | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = ''[[Larus]]''<br> ''[[Kittiwake|Rissa]]''<br> ''[[Ivory gull|Pagophila]]''<br> ''[[Ross's gull|Rhodostethia]]''<br> ''[[Sabine's gull|Xema]]''<br> ''[[Swallow-tailed gull|Creagus]]''}} '''Gulls''', also called '''seagulls''', is a common name that refers to any type of [[bird]]. They form the [[family (biology)|family]] '''Laridae''', in the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Charadriiformes]]. There are many different types of gull but most of them are white, with grey or black wings, a yellow [[beak]] and are about the size of a [[chicken]] (but some are smaller). Gulls can eat most types of food but like [[meat]] more than anything else. They look around for discarded food and dead animals to eat as well as [[hunting]] and have learned how to live and breed in the same places as people. Most types of seagull are awake during the day and sleep at night. They like to sleep on beaches but will also sleep on water, like [[lake]]s or the [[sea]] when the water is calm. Gulls used to be found only near the sea, as they are water birds with webbed feet for swimming. They are more common inland these days because they can find food wherever people live, often on [[garbage]] dumps or in the streets of [[town]]s and [[city|cities]]. Seagulls are [[intelligence|intelligent]] compared to other birds. They have a complicated system of noises and body movements which they use to [[communication|communicate]] with other seagulls. Most types of seagull breed once a year and have two or three [[chick]]s (babies). Mother gulls are very protective of their [[Egg (biology)|egg]]s and chicks and will sometimes fight to the death to defend them. Gulls are not usually eaten by people. == Related pag