🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the White-eyed Gull live?

Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus has 9,569 records in 21 countries and territories, from 1860 to 2026. Most records come from Israel.

White-eyed Gull
White-eyed Gull — Alexander Vasenin / CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesLaridaeIchthyaetus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. 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
Israel 5,294
Egypt 2,422
Saudi Arabia 866
Jordan 618
Djibouti 188
Yemen 46
United Arab Emirates 24
Eritrea 16
Sudan 16
Somalia 16
Lebanon 12
Oman 12
India 11
Kuwait 8
Cyprus 5
Greece 5
Kenya 5
Palestine 2
Nigeria 1
Türkiye 1
Tanzania 1

Related animals

Others in the family Laridae.

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Herring Gull
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Lesser Black-backed Gull
6,915,295 records
American herring gull
American herring gull
6,899,110 records
Black-headed Gull
Black-headed Gull
6,838,408 records
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
5,036,634 records
Mew Gull
Mew Gull
3,398,916 records
Laughing Gull
Laughing Gull
3,221,312 records
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.