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Common Gull
Larus canus · Family Laridae
Larus canus
Family Laridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 3,419,265
- Countries and territories with records
- 109
About this species
This species has 3,419,265 occurrence records from 109 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (28.2%), Norway (18.3%), Denmark (12.9%), the United Kingdom (11.1%) and Finland (8.2%); together they account for 78.6% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.94% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Larus canus combines the genus name Larus with the species epithet canus. 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 7th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Larus delawarensis. Its record count is 3.9 times the family average (874,525). The family Laridae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.