Caspian gull: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Caspian gull lives – recorded in 40 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Larus cachinnans
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	40 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Mass	60 g (birth weight); 1.27 kg (male organism, adult weight); 1.03 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Laridae

Where does the Caspian gull live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Caspian gull in 40 countries and territories across Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa.

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 Caspian gull?

Wikidata records the following for the Caspian gull: mass 60 g (birth weight); 1.27 kg (male organism, adult weight); 1.03 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the Caspian gull endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Caspian gull?

The Caspian gull (Larus cachinnans) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Laridae, genus Larus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Caspian gull

The Caspian gull (Larus cachinnans) is a large gull and a member of the herring and lesser black-backed gull complex. The scientific name is from Latin. Larus appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird, and cachinnans means 'laughing', from cachinnare 'to laugh'.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Caspian gull (revision 1375723505), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q389505 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).