coastal far s Greenland, inland Iceland, temperate and subarctic w Europe across Russia to Yakutsk region, Kamchatka, Sakhalin (e Russia); in south through Caspian Sea, n Central Asia, n, c Mongolia and ne China; also wc Newfoundland (se Canada)
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
AF, IO, OR : to coasts and offshore waters of n Atlantic Canada, se Greenland, North Sea and w Atlantic to Mediterranean and marginal seas; to Canary Is. and wc Africa; Arabian Sea and associated gulfs, n Indian Ocean; w North Pacific coasts from Japan to
(Linnaeus, 1766): NOTE(ENG: English name of Chroicocephalus (Larus) ridibundus reverts to Black-headed Gull with adoption of Pallas's Gull for Larus ichthyaetus.)
German
Lachmöwe
French
Mouette rieuse
Chinese
红嘴鸥
Japanese
ユリカモメ
Russian
Озёрная чайка
Spanish
Gaviota reidora
Portuguese
garrincho-comum
Bird Data App text
A small, common gull, often seen in non-breeding plumage away from the beach (rice fields for example).
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)
PAL
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)