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Where does the Caspian Gull live?

Larus cachinnans has 331,863 records in 90 countries and territories, from 1860 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Caspian Gull
Caspian Gull — Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesLaridaeLarus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. 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 51,162
Netherlands 45,641
Poland 31,824
Czechia 30,537
Denmark 26,004
Ukraine 21,629
Germany 14,952
United Kingdom 13,726
Russia 11,746
Belgium 9,665
France 8,539
Austria 8,122
Hungary 7,203
Romania 4,995
Israel 4,958
Spain 4,031
Kazakhstan 3,335
Italy 2,812
Iran 2,743
Türkiye 2,694
Slovakia 2,616
Azerbaijan 1,888
Lithuania 1,767
Bulgaria 1,694
Serbia 1,627
Moldova 1,518
Switzerland 1,514
Oman 1,512
Georgia 1,456
Norway 1,396
Belarus 1,061
Kyrgyzstan 833
Greece 832
Portugal 784
Estonia 665
Kuwait 645
Cyprus 452
Croatia 438
Uzbekistan 409
China 281

Showing the top 40 of 90 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.