Ring-billed gull: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the ring-billed gull lives – recorded in 19 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Larus delawarensis
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	19 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Mass	566 g (male organism, adult weight); 471 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Laridae

Where does the ring-billed gull live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the ring-billed gull in 19 countries and territories across Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Brazil, South America. In Belgium it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

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 ring-billed gull?

Wikidata records the following for the ring-billed gull: mass 566 g (male organism, adult weight); 471 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the ring-billed gull endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the ring-billed gull?

The ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Laridae, genus Larus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the ring-billed gull

The ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis) is a medium-sized gull native to North America, breeding in Canada and the northern Contiguous United States, and wintering mainly in the United States and northern Mexico. The genus name is from Latin Larus which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird. The specific delawarensis refers to the Delaware River.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Ring-billed gull (revision 1349256403), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q754885 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).