🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Dolphin Gull live?

Leucophaeus scoresbii has 39,253 records in 9 countries and territories, from 1872 to 2026. Most records come from Argentina.

Dolphin Gull
Dolphin Gull — Photo: Cláudio Dias Timm · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesLaridaeLeucophaeus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. 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
Argentina 20,619
Chile 12,298
Falkland Islands 6,323
Brazil 6
United Kingdom 2
ZZ 2
Antarctica 1
Nigeria 1
Uruguay 1

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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.