Black-headed gull: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the black-headed gull lives – recorded in 93 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	93 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America
Mass	294 g (male organism, adult weight); 267 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Laridae

Where does the black-headed gull live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the black-headed gull in 93 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Africa, South America, Hefei, Burkina Faso.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a black-headed gull?

Wikidata records the following for the black-headed gull: mass 294 g (male organism, adult weight); 267 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the black-headed gull endangered?

The black-headed gull’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the black-headed gull?

The black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Laridae, genus Chroicocephalus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the black-headed gull

The black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) is a small gull that breeds in much of the Palearctic in Europe and Asia, and also locally in smaller numbers in coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory and winters further south, but many also remain in the milder areas of northwestern Europe. It was formerly sometimes cited as "common black-headed gull" to distinguish it from "great black-headed gull" (an old name for Pallas's gull).

The genus name Chroicocephalus is from the Ancient Greek words khroizo, "to colour", and kephale, "head". The specific name ridibundus is Latin for "laughing".

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Black-headed gull (revision 1377723203), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q25634 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).