#1103 · 🐦 birds

Glaucous-winged Gull

🇳🇱 Beringmeeuw ·Larus glaucescens

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The glaucous-winged gull ( Larus glaucescens ) is a large, white-headed gull. The genus name is from Latin Larus which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird. The specific glaucescens is New Latin for "glaucous" from the Ancient Greek, glaukos . English "Glaucous" denotes a bluish-green or grey colour.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 24,143iNaturalist observations
weight 1.2 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.
24,143 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs up to about 1.2 kg.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Naumann in 1840 (186 years ago).