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Where does the Little Gull live?

Hydrocoloeus minutus has 506,998 records in 104 countries and territories, from 1829 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesLaridaeHydrocoloeus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 194,529
Denmark 57,708
United Kingdom 35,976
Finland 25,468
Netherlands 25,115
United States 23,274
France 22,606
Canada 22,208
Belgium 22,051
Norway 12,756
Germany 11,700
Spain 9,149
Poland 5,563
Russia 5,229
Türkiye 2,717
Bulgaria 2,535
Portugal 2,197
Romania 2,177
Czechia 2,114
Austria 1,770
Ukraine 1,703
Italy 1,681
Estonia 1,593
Greece 1,468
Ireland 1,415
Georgia 1,412
Hungary 1,162
Israel 1,094
Switzerland 993
Lithuania 965
Azerbaijan 812
Latvia 505
Iceland 431
Slovakia 380
Belarus 291
Croatia 240
Cyprus 227
Slovenia 205
Serbia 196
Cabo Verde 186

Showing the top 40 of 104 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.