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Armenian Gull
Larus armenicus · Family Laridae
Larus armenicus
Family Laridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 102,819
- Countries and territories with records
- 68
About this species
This species has 102,819 occurrence records from 68 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Armenia (38%), Israel (20.1%), Türkiye (17%), Iraq (8.8%) and Georgia (5.9%); together they account for 89.8% of the total. In Armenia, this species accounts for 20.9% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Larus armenicus combines the genus name Larus with the species epithet armenicus. The Warbla app catalog lists 24 species of the genus Larus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Larus delawarensis, Larus fuscus and Larus argentatus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 101 species of the family Laridae. This species ranks 48th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Larus delawarensis. Its record count is 11.8% of the family average (874,525). The family Laridae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.