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Where does the Lesser Black-backed Gull live?

Larus fuscus has 6,915,295 records in 198 countries and territories, from 1829 to 2026. Most records come from Belgium.

Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull — Andreas Trepte / CC BY-SA 2.5 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesLaridaeLarus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. 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
Belgium 1,024,131
United Kingdom 872,669
Netherlands 866,800
France 820,157
Spain 734,547
United States 396,899
Portugal 360,579
Sweden 295,240
Morocco 293,635
Norway 237,896
Finland 214,824
Western Sahara 168,967
Denmark 117,346
Germany 75,892
Algeria 71,735
Mauritania 71,676
Canada 57,489
Iceland 30,893
Ireland 28,633
India 19,194
Israel 18,195
Senegal 18,007
Russia 16,317
Isle of Man 11,024
Bermuda 7,025
United Arab Emirates 6,324
Oman 6,163
Italy 4,701
Poland 3,489
Faroe Islands 3,126
Bahamas 3,035
Mexico 3,015
Türkiye 2,814
Taiwan 2,688
Switzerland 2,575
Kuwait 2,095
Gambia 1,880
Egypt 1,713
Åland Islands 1,702
Iran 1,691

Showing the top 40 of 198 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.