A blackback is an adolescent male gorilla or chimpanzee, or the great black-backed gull.

Great black backed gulls eat fish that are driven to the surface by humpback whales. The feathers from the gull were used for fashionable clothing.

Herring gull, great black backed gulls are large gulls.

A waggel is a young of a great black-backed gull, which was formerly considered an independent species.

There are several types of seagulls that live in North Carolina. These seagulls include the ring-billed gull, great black-backed gull, herring gull, Bonaparte's gull, and laughing gull.