#0695 · 🐦 birds

Little Gull

🇳🇱 Dwergmeeuw ·Hydrocoloeus minutus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © vyatka · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Ekaterina Chernetsova (Papchinskaya) · CC BY 4.0
4. © Marc · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Sylvester Kociniak · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Velsen, Netherlands:© Fred Derks · CC BY 4.0
7. Zuid-Holland, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Nootdorp, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Botlek, Rotterdam, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
10. Wieringermeer, NL-NH, NL:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The little gull ( Hydrocoloeus minutus or Larus minutus ), is a small gull that breeds in northern Europe and Asia. The genus name Hydrocoloeus is from Ancient Greek hudro , "water", and koloios , a sort of web-footed bird. The specific minutus is Latin for "small".

base stats

NL sightings 166iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,855iNaturalist observations
weight 98 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).