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Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis · Family Laridae
Larus delawarensis
Family Laridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 11,231,669
- Countries and territories with records
- 77
About this species
This species has 11,231,669 occurrence records from 77 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (73.9%) and Canada (25.5%); together they account for 99.4% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.74% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Larus delawarensis combines the genus name Larus with the species epithet delawarensis. The Warbla app catalog lists 24 species of the genus Larus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Larus fuscus, Larus argentatus and Larus smithsonianus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 101 species of the family Laridae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 12.8 times the family average (874,525). The family Laridae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.