Common Gull (
Larus canus)
Range: NA, PAL
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Cabrillo Beach Park San Pedro, California, United States
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English Common Gull
Scientific (Larus canus)
Order CHARADRIIFORMES
Family (Latin) Laridae
Family (English) Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions NA, PAL
Breeding Range Subregions Iceland and nw, c Europe to Kamchatka (e Siberia)
Nonbreeding Range Subregions Europe to n Africa, Mediterranean, Black and Caspian seas, Persian Gulf; Sea of Okhotsk (se Russia), Japan, Korean Pen. to se China
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Armenia,Australia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahrain,Belarus,Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria,China,Croatia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Denmark,Egypt,Estonia,Finland, France,Gambia,Georgia,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,India - mainland,Iran,Iraq, Ireland,Israel,Japan,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan,Latvia,Lebanon,Libya, Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macedonia,Mauritania,Moldova,Mongolia,Montenegro,Netherlands,North Korea, Norway,Oman,Pakistan,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Russia,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Serbia, Slovakia,Slovenia,South Korea,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Syria,Taiwan,Tajikistan,Thailand, Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Ukraine,United Kingdom,Vietnam,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
canus Iceland, n British Isles, Scandinavia and patchily in c Europe to White Sea (far nw Russia)
heinei nw Russia from White Sea to Lena River (c Siberia)
kamtschatschensis ne Siberia and Kamchatka
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by Linnaeus, 1758
German Sturmmöwe
French Goéland cendré
Chinese 普通海鸥
Japanese カモメ
Russian Сизая чайка
Spanish Gaviota cana
Portuguese famego
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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
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
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)