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Where does the Great Black-backed Gull live?

Larus marinus has 5,036,634 records in 99 countries and territories, from 1746 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Great Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull — Photo: Andreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5 · 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
United States 2,092,681
Canada 817,907
Norway 464,006
Sweden 464,001
United Kingdom 403,910
Denmark 301,924
Finland 68,915
France 66,459
Netherlands 63,934
Iceland 44,836
Belgium 43,799
Ireland 42,968
Germany 36,411
Spain 35,669
Estonia 22,012
Isle of Man 21,232
Poland 9,686
Portugal 8,012
Russia 3,237
Faroe Islands 2,994
Bermuda 2,739
Svalbard and Jan Mayen 2,503
Greenland 2,429
Lithuania 2,175
Åland Islands 2,013
Jersey 1,613
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1,215
Guernsey 950
Latvia 905
Bahamas 448
Türkiye 338
Switzerland 273
Czechia 266
Ukraine 208
Italy 206
Cabo Verde 186
Puerto Rico 165
Austria 160
Morocco 151
Greece 139

Showing the top 40 of 99 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.