Adult kelp gulls Larus dominicanus on an ice floe at sunset near the Antarctic peninsula in the southern ocean This is the only gull regularly found in the Antarctic peninsula to a latitude of 68 degrees south The species specific part of the binomial name comes from the Dominican order of friars who wore black and white habits Its size is 56cm with an 128cm wingspan This is a mainly coastal gull The nest is a shallow depression on the ground lined with vegetation and feathers The female u