๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Black-tailed Gull live?

Larus crassirostris has 90,342 records in 22 countries and territories, from 1884 to 2026. Most records come from South Korea.

Black-tailed Gull
Black-tailed Gull โ€” unknown / CC BY-SA 3.0 ยท source
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesLaridaeLarus

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
South Korea 45,518
Japan 21,511
Taiwan 9,309
China 8,121
Russia 2,440
United States 1,526
Hong Kong 704
Canada 405
Thailand 396
Mongolia 94
North Korea 87
Australia 63
Philippines 57
Vietnam 56
Macao 33
Bermuda 13
Malaysia 4
Christmas Island 1
India 1
Northern Mariana Islands 1
Mexico 1
Nigeria 1

Related animals

Others in the family Laridae.

Ring-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
11,223,960 records
Herring Gull
Herring Gull
7,289,858 records
Lesser Black-backed Gull
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 โ€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.