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Order Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding subregions |
Nonbreeding subregions |
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American Herring Gull i | Laridae | Larus smithsonianus | NA | c Alaska to Newfoundland and the Great Lakes |
Andean Gull i | Laridae | Chroicocephalus serranus | SA | Ecuador to sc Chile and sc Argentina |
Armenian Gull (NT) i | Laridae | Larus armenicus | EU | Armenia to e Turkey and nw Iran |
Audouin's Gull i | Laridae | Ichthyaetus audouinii | EU, AF | Mediterranean and nw AF coasts |
Belcher's Gull i | Laridae | Larus belcheri | SA | wc coast of Peru and n Chile |
Black-billed Gull i | Laridae | Chroicocephalus bulleri | AU | New Zealand |
Black-headed Gull i | Laridae | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | EU | widespread |
Black-tailed Gull i | Laridae | Larus crassirostris | EU | e Siberia, Japan, Korean Pen. and e China |
Bonaparte's Gull i | Laridae | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | NA | sw Alaska to se Canada |
Brown-headed Gull i | Laridae | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | EU | sc Asia, w China and Tibet |
Brown-hooded Gull i | Laridae | Chroicocephalus maculipennis | SA | e, s coasts |
California Gull i | Laridae | Larus californicus | NA, MA | nc, w |
Caspian Gull i | Laridae | Larus cachinnans | EU | c Eurasia to ne China |
Dolphin Gull i | Laridae | Leucophaeus scoresbii | SA | extreme s coasts and Falkland Is. |
European Herring Gull i | Laridae | Larus argentatus | EU | n |
Franklin's Gull i | Laridae | Leucophaeus pipixcan | NA | sc Canada and nc USA |
Glaucous Gull i | Laridae | Larus hyperboreus | EU, NA | widespread n coasts |
Glaucous-winged Gull i | Laridae | Larus glaucescens | EU, NA | coastal n Pacific |
Great Black-backed Gull i | Laridae | Larus marinus | NA, EU | coastal e NA and w Europe |
Grey Gull i | Laridae | Leucophaeus modestus | SA | n Chile |
Grey-headed Gull i | Laridae | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | SA, AF | widespread |
Hartlaub's Gull i | Laridae | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | AF | coastal Namibia to South Africa |
Heermann's Gull (NT) i | Laridae | Larus heermanni | NA, MA | nw coast of Mexico and sw coast of California (USA) |
Iceland Gull i | Laridae | Larus glaucoides | NA, EU | n Canada to Greenland and Novaya Zemlya |
Ivory Gull (NT) i | Laridae | Pagophila eburnea | EU, NA | n coasts |
Kelp Gull i | Laridae | Larus dominicanus | SA, AU, AF | s coasts |
Laughing Gull i | Laridae | Leucophaeus atricilla | NA, MA, SA | widespread coasts |
Lava Gull i | Laridae | Leucophaeus fuliginosus | SA | Galápagos Is. |
Lesser Black-backed Gull i | Laridae | Larus fuscus | EU | w Europe to c Northern Siberia; also Greenland and Iceland |
Little Gull i | Laridae | Hydrocoloeus minutus | EU | e, n Europe to w Siberia; e Siberia |
Mediterranean Gull i | Laridae | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | EU | widespread in Europe |
Mew Gull i | Laridae | Larus canus | NA, EU | w Europe to Siberia and nw NA |
Olrog's Gull (NT) i | Laridae | Larus atlanticus | SA | ne coast of Argentina |
Pacific Gull i | Laridae | Larus pacificus | AU | s, w Australian coasts |
Pallas's Gull i | Laridae | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | EU | sw Russia to Mongolia and n China |
Relict Gull i | Laridae | Ichthyaetus relictus | EU | Kazakhstan to Mongolia and nc China |
Ring-billed Gull i | Laridae | Larus delawarensis | NA, MA | s Canada and n USA |
Ross's Gull i | Laridae | Rhodostethia rosea | EU, NA | n coasts |
Sabine's Gull i | Laridae | Xema sabini | EU, NA | n coasts |
Saunders's Gull i | Laridae | Chroicocephalus saundersi | EU | coastal e China |
Silver Gull i | Laridae | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | AU | Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia |
Slaty-backed Gull i | Laridae | Larus schistisagus | EU | coastal ne, e Siberia and n Japan |
Slender-billed Gull i | Laridae | Chroicocephalus genei | EU, AF | Iberian Pen. through the Middle East to Pakistan and India; Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia |
Sooty Gull i | Laridae | Ichthyaetus hemprichii | AF, EU | e AF and Middle East coasts |
Swallow-tailed Gull i | Laridae | Creagrus furcatus | SA | Galápagos Is. |
Vega Gull i | Laridae | Larus vegae | EU | ne, e |
Western Gull i | Laridae | Larus occidentalis | NA | w coast |
White-eyed Gull i | Laridae | Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus | AF | Red Sea |
Yellow-footed Gull i U | Laridae | Larus livens | NA, MA | coastal nw Mexico and s California |
Yellow-legged Gull i | Laridae | Larus michahellis | EU | w |
86% 43 species of 50 (0 extinct).
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IUCN Status Codes |
EX | Extinct |
EW | Extinct in the wild |
CR | Critically Endangered |
EN | Endangered |
VU | Vulnerable |
NT | Near Threatened |
LC | Least Concern |
DD | Data deficient |
NE | Not evaluated |
LC not shown.
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Breeding Range Codes |
AF | Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) |
AN | Antarctica |
AO | Atlantic Ocean |
AU | Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) |
EU | Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) |
IO | Indian Ocean |
LA | Latin America (Middle and South America) |
MA | Middle America (Mexico through Panama) |
NA | North America (includes the Caribbean) |
NO | Northern oceans |
OR | Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) |
PO | Pacific Ocean |
SA | South America |
SO | Southern oceans |
TO | Temperate oceans |
TrO | Tropical oceans |
Worldwide | Worldwide |
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