#1171 · 🐦 birds

Pallas's Gull

🇳🇱 Reuzenzwartkopmeeuw ·Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The Pallas's gull or great black-headed gull ( Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus ) is a large gull. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus Larus . The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. Ichthyaetus is from ikhthus , "fish", and aetos , "eagle".

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,182iNaturalist observations
weight 1.6 kgadult, 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.
4,182 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs up to about 1.6 kg.
Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1773 (253 years ago).