When selecting Pacific Gulls for my Seabirds v4 set, I was expecting them to be found off the coast of California but much to my surprise, they are not local for me at all, they're endemic to Australia. Yes, my Pacific Ocean is other peoples too ;) Pacific Gulls (first image) are endemic to the coasts of Australia. It is moderately common between Carnarvon in the west, and Sydney in the east, although it has become scarce in some parts of the south-east, as a result of competition from the kelp gull. They eat various fish species and invertebrates. They frequently consume crabs. They also commonly eat Sand Flatheads and cephalopods, both of which are sourced from their regular consumption of waste from fish which have been cleaned on wharves and beaches. Additionally, they may eat insects, eggs, and other seabirds. Pacific gulls are usually seen alone or in pairs, loafing around the shoreline, steadily patrolling high above the edge of the water, or sometimes flying high on the breeze to drop a shellfish or sea urchin onto rocks. Kelp Gulls (second image) are mainly found in the Northern Europe with some small colonies in North America. The nominate races is found around South America, parts of Australia (where it overlaps with the Pacific gull), and New Zealand (where it is known as the black-backed gull, the “Southern black-backed gull” (aka “mollyhaw” or by its Māori name “karoro”). Race vetula (known as the “Cape Gull”) is endemic to Southern Africa.