#0850 · 🐦 birds
Bonaparte's Gull
🇳🇱 Kleine Kokmeeuw ·Chroicocephalus philadelphia
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Scott O'Donnell · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © brian stahls · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Miguel A Mejias, PhD. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Scott O'Donnell · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © jenniferf4 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Xochitl Zambrano · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Penmarc'h, France:© Matthieu Gauvain · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Charlotte, VT 05445, USA:© Zac Cota · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Kingston, NY 12401, USA:© Callicladium · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Nantucket, MA, USA:© Lily M · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
Bonaparte's gull ( Chroicocephalus philadelphia ) is a small gull found mainly in North America.
base stats
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
- Spotted 10 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 28,465 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by George Ord in 1815 (211 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Bonaparte's Gull
- Nederlands
- Kleine Kokmeeuw
- scientific name
- Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- class
- Aves
- order
- Charadriiformes
- family
- Laridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 10
- sightings in Europe
- 148
- sightings worldwide
- 28,465
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,343
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1815 by George Ord
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Laridae
#0538 📷 10Black-headed Gull
🇳🇱 Kokmeeuw
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
LC 👀 5k in NL
#0540 📷 9European Herring Gull
🇳🇱 Zilvermeeuw
Larus argentatus
LC 👀 4.4k in NL
#0567 📷 10Lesser Black-backed Gull
🇳🇱 Kleine Mantelmeeuw
Larus fuscus
LC 👀 2.1k in NL
#0573 📷 10Common Tern
🇳🇱 Visdief
Sterna hirundo
LC 👀 1.7k in NL
#0581 📷 10Common Gull
🇳🇱 Stormmeeuw
Larus canus
LC 👀 1.4k in NL
#0613 📷 9Great Black-backed Gull
🇳🇱 Grote Mantelmeeuw
Larus marinus
LC 👀 632 in NL
#0625 📷 9Sandwich Tern
🇳🇱 Grote Stern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
LC 👀 466 in NL
#0648 📷 9Caspian Gull
🇳🇱 Pontische Meeuw
Larus cachinnans
LC 👀 299 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 144502, Wikidata Q629525, GBIF 6065818, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.