Lesser black-backed gull

About this species

This species has 8,771,213 occurrence records from 198 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the Netherlands (16.6%), the United Kingdom (13.7%), France (13.1%), Belgium (12.6%) and Spain (10.9%); together they account for 66.9% of the total. In the Netherlands, this species accounts for 2.2% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Larus fuscus combines the genus name Larus with the species epithet fuscus. 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 argentatus and Larus smithsonianus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 101 species of the family Laridae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Larus delawarensis. Its record count is 10 times the family average (874,525). The family Laridae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Laridae

• Ring-billed Gull
• European Herring Gull
• American Herring Gull
• Great Black-backed Gull
• Common Gull
• Yellow-legged Gull
• Western Gull
• Kelp Gull
• Armenian Gull

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org