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Larus argentatus



Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
Cramp, S.; Perrins, C. M. 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
SACC. 2006. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable
- - -

Red List history
Year Category Criteria
2016 Not Recognised
2014 Not Recognised
2012 Least Concern
2009 Least Concern
2008 Least Concern
2004 Least Concern
2000 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988 Lower Risk/Least Concern
Species attributes

Migratory status unset Forest dependency unset
Land-mass type Average mass -
Range

Estimate Data quality
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size unknown - - -
Population trend - - -

Country/territory distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
Albania extant native yes
Antigua and Barbuda extant native
Aruba (to Netherlands) extant native
Austria extant native yes
Azerbaijan extant native
Bahamas extant native
Barbados extant native
Belarus extant native yes
Belgium extant native yes
Belize extant native yes
Bermuda (to UK) extant native
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (to Netherlands) extant native
Bulgaria extant native yes
Canada extant native yes yes
Cayman Islands (to UK) extant native
China (mainland) extant native
Colombia extant vagrant
Costa Rica extant native yes
Croatia extant native yes
Cuba extant native
Curaçao (to Netherlands) extant native
Cyprus extant vagrant yes
Czechia extant native yes
Denmark extant native yes yes
Djibouti extant native
Dominica extant native
Dominican Republic extant native
Ecuador extant vagrant
Egypt extant vagrant
El Salvador extant native
Eritrea extant native
Estonia extant native yes
Faroe Islands (to Denmark) extant native yes
Finland extant native yes yes
France extant native yes yes
Germany extant native yes yes
Gibraltar (to UK) extant native yes
Greece extant native yes
Greenland (to Denmark) extant native yes
Guadeloupe (to France) extant native
Guatemala extant native
Haiti extant native
Honduras extant native
Hong Kong (China) extant native
Hungary extant native yes
Iceland extant native yes
India extant native
Ireland extant native yes
Israel extant vagrant yes
Italy extant native yes
Jamaica extant vagrant
Japan extant native
Kazakhstan extant vagrant
Kenya extant native
Latvia extant native yes
Lithuania extant native yes
Luxembourg extant vagrant
Malta extant vagrant yes
Martinique (to France) extant native
Mexico extant native
Moldova extant vagrant yes
Mongolia extant native yes
Montenegro extant vagrant
Montserrat (to UK) extant native
Morocco extant vagrant
Myanmar extant native
Nepal extant native
Netherlands extant native yes
Nicaragua extant native
North Korea extant native yes
North Macedonia extant native yes
Northern Mariana Islands (to USA) extant vagrant
Norway extant native yes yes
Pakistan extant native
Palau extant uncertain
Panama extant native
Philippines extant vagrant
Poland extant native yes yes
Portugal extant native yes
Puerto Rico (to USA) extant native
Romania extant native yes yes
Russia (European) extant native yes yes
Serbia extant vagrant
Sint Maarten (to Netherlands) extant native
Slovakia extant native yes yes
Somalia extant native
South Korea extant native
Spain extant native yes
Sri Lanka extant native
St Kitts and Nevis extant native
St Lucia extant native
St Pierre and Miquelon (to France) extant native yes
St Vincent and the Grenadines extant native
Sudan extant native
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway) extant native yes
Sweden extant native yes yes
Switzerland extant native yes
Taiwan, China extant native
Tanzania extant native
Thailand extant native
Trinidad and Tobago extant native
Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK) extant native
Ukraine extant native yes yes
United Kingdom extant native yes
United States Minor Outlying Islands (to USA) extant vagrant
USA extant native yes
Venezuela extant vagrant
Vietnam extant native
Virgin Islands (to UK) extant native yes
Virgin Islands (to USA) extant native yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name
Canada Bonaventure Island
Canada Corbin Island
Canada Corossol Island
Canada Grand Manan Archipelago
Canada Île aux Pommes
Canada Île Nue de Mingan
Canada Îles Pèlerins
Canada La Grosse Boule Island
Canada Niagara River Corridor
Canada Pelee Island Archipelago
Canada Pittock Reservoir
Canada Quidi Vidi Lake
Canada Sable Island, Nova Scotia
Canada Saint-Augustin Migratory Bird Sanctuary
Canada Shigawake-Newport
Canada Wildwood Gull Roost
Canada Witless Bay Islands
Denmark Northern Kattegat
Denmark Skagerrak-Southwest Norwegian trench
France Archipel de Molène
France Archipel des Glénan
France Cap Gris-nez
France Estuaire de la Canche
France Traicts et marais salants de la Presqu'île Guérandaise
Germany Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park
Germany Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park (includes the Halligs, Kniepsand/Amrum, Lister Koog, Rantumbecken, Rickelsb
Mongolia Dashinchilen Bayan Lake
Mongolia Erkhel Lake
Mongolia Oigon Lake
Norway Persfjorden - Hamningberg
Norway Varangerfjord (including Hornøya and Reinøya)
Russia (Asian) Angara river source
Russia (Asian) Ol'khon area
Russia (European) Berezoviye islands of Vyborg Bay
Russia (European) Seskar island
United Kingdom Firth of Forth Islands
United Kingdom Isle of Man Sea Cliffs
United Kingdom Morecambe Bay
United Kingdom Upper Solway Flats and Marshes
USA Gulf of Alaska Shelf Edge 143W60N

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Altitude   Occasional altitudinal limits  

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Larus argentatus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/larus-argentatus on 26/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 26/12/2024.