#1322 · 🐦 birds

Silver Gull

🇳🇱 Witkopmeeuw ·Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The silver gull ( Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae ) is the most common gull seen in Australia. It has been found throughout the continent, but particularly at or near coastal areas.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 43,433iNaturalist observations
weight 313 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
43,433 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 313 g.
Scientifically named by James Francis Stephens in 1826 (200 years ago).