Today in Pedder Bay, a flock of Bonaparte’s gulls were fishing in the waters. They were diving continuously into schools of small minnows. I took these images from the boat as we entered  the bay.  G. Fletcher

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Chroicocephalus
Species: C. philadelphia
Binomial name
Chroicocephalus philadelphia

From Wii]kkipedia:

The Bonaparte’s gull was named after Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte, a zoologist and nephew of Napoleon.

Formerly known as Larus philadelphia, the Bonaparte’s gull was moved to the genus Chroicocephalus by the American Ornithologists’ Union in July 2008.