#1333 · 🐦 birds

California Gull

🇳🇱 Prairiemeeuw ·Larus californicus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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

what is it?

The California gull ( Larus californicus ) is a medium-sized gull, smaller on average than the herring gull but larger on average than the ring-billed gull, though it may overlap in size greatly with both.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 39,948iNaturalist observations
weight 841 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.
39,948 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 841 g.
Scientifically named by George Newbold Lawrence in 1854 (172 years ago).