A bird that only lives up to its name in breeding season. Reading, UK Canon R6+RF800mm, F10 (oops, dial knocked from F9), 1/1250s, ISO3200
Names are always confusing. In German, "Schwarzkopfmöwe" (lit. black-headed gull) is "Mediterranean gull" in English. Your "Black-Headed Gull" is "Lachmöwe" in German (lit. laughing gull) and your "Laughing Gull" is an "Aztekenmöwe" in German. Not sure why it has to be so confusing!
Anyway, great photo! :>
For common birds, you can see why people didn't want to give up their long established local name for birds even as scientists tried to regularise them. Thus, Latin names :)
For the real madness compare UK & American bird names and the actual species named in taxonomies.
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