#1077 · 🐦 birds

Kelp Gull

🇳🇱 Kelpmeeuw ·Larus dominicanus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The kelp gull ( Larus dominicanus ), also known as the Dominican gull , is a gull which breeds on coasts and islands through much of the Southern Hemisphere. The nominate L. d. dominicanus is the subspecies found around South America, parts of Australia (where it overlaps with the Pacific gull), and New Zealand (where it is known as the southern black-backed gull, simply the black-backed gull, or by its Māori name karoro ). L. d. vetula (known as...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 39,232iNaturalist observations
weight 1.1 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.
39,232 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs up to about 1.1 kg.
Scientifically named by Hinrich Lichtenstein in 1823 (203 years ago).