Ten documented gull species in licensed photographs, comparing visible plumage and silhouettes. An editorial selection, not a ranking of beauty, size or rarity. Visuals are real Wikimedia Commons photographs, not AI-generated images. Narration is synthesized with Edge TTS. Photographs are resized and fitted to a portrait frame; derived images retain their source licenses. Great black-backed gull: Andreas Trepte, www.avi-fauna.info; CC BY-SA 2.5; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Black-backed_Gull_Larus_marinus.jpg Lesser black-backed gull: Andreas Trepte, www.avi-fauna.info; CC BY-SA 2.5; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Larus-fuscus-taxbox.jpg European herring gull: Rhododendrites; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:European_herring_gull_vocalizing_%2800170%29.jpg Black-headed gull: Hans Hillewaert; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chroicocephalus_ridibundus_%28summer%29.jpg Mediterranean gull: Martin Olsson (mnemo on en/sv wikipedia and commons, martin@minimum.se).; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Larus_melanocephalus_aka_Mediterranean_Gull_rare_guest_in_Sweden2.jpg Little gull: Andrej Chudý from Slovakia; CC BY-SA 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C4%8Cajka_mal%C3%A1_%28Larus_minutus%29_a_%284834254958%29.jpg Ivory gull: Samuel Etienne; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pagophila_eburnea4.jpg Swallow-tailed gull: suecan1; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Creagrus_furcatus_-Galapagos_Islands-8.jpg Silver gull: JJ Harrison; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silver_Gull_0A2A7855.jpg Laughing gull: Cephas; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leucophaeus_atricilla_Caye_Caulker_04.JPG Adapted visuals and original contributions to this version are offered under CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Source photographs retain their stated licenses.