#0613 · 🐦 birds

Great Black-backed Gull

🇳🇱 Grote Mantelmeeuw ·Larus marinus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The great black-backed gull ( Larus marinus ), mistakenly called greater black-backed gull by some, is the largest member of the gull family. It breeds on the European and North American coasts and islands of the North Atlantic and is fairly sedentary, though some move farther south or inland to large lakes or reservoirs. The adult great black-backed gull has a white head, neck and underparts, dark grey wings and back, pink legs and yellow bill.

base stats

NL sightings 632iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 49,350iNaturalist observations
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).