#1038 · 🐦 birds

American Herring Gull

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Zilvermeeuw ·Larus smithsonianus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The American herring gull or Smithsonian gull ( Larus smithsonianus or Larus argentatus smithsonianus ) is a large gull that breeds in North America, where it is treated by the American Ornithological Society as a subspecies of herring gull ( L. argentatus ).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 101,212iNaturalist observations
weight 67 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.
101,212 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 67 g.
Scientifically named by Elliott Coues in 1862 (164 years ago).