What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Slaty-backed Gull been recorded?

Larus schistisagus occurrence evidence comes from 259 records in 6 countries and territories, from 1901 to 2026. Most records come from South Korea.

Slaty-backed Gull
Slaty-backed Gull — Photo (display-sized rendition): E-190 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesCharadriiformesLaridaeLarus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

259 records across 6 countries and territories, 1901–2026.

Larus schistisagus · GBIF taxon key 2481163

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: February.

7 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. 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.

Records over time

19012026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Slaty-backed Gull has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Slaty-backed Gull. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
South Korea 133
Russia 58
United States 37
Japan 22
Canada 7
United States Minor Outlying Islands 2

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. 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.