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Black-headed gull

Birds

The black-headed gull is a small gull that breeds across much of the Palearctic in Europe and Asia, and also locally in smaller numbers along coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory and winters further south, although many remain in the milder areas of northwestern Europe. It was formerly sometimes called the common black-headed gull, to distinguish it from the great black-headed gull, an old name for Pallas's gull. Its genus name Chroicocephalus derives from Ancient Greek words for colour and head, and its species name ridibundus is Latin for laughing. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Omnivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G5 Secure 1
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Scientific Name
Chroicocephalus ridibundus 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 5
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Laridae, Taxa
Source Black-headed gull (Wikidata)

In Biome

Estuary, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Grassland, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Intertidal Zone, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Lake, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Neritic Zone, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Riparian Zone, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Chroicocephalus ridibundus
River, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Wetlands, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Chroicocephalus ridibundus
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Africa

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Belgium

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Colombia

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Denmark

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North America

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Norway

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South Asia

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Spain

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Sweden

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United States

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Venezuela

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Sources
1. NatureServe Explorer: Chroicocephalus ridibundus
NatureServe Explorer
  • Global rank (roundedGRank)
    "roundedGRank": "G5"
  • Animal characteristics: food habits
    Highly opportunistic. Hawks for insects, searches muddy places for worms, plunges and dips into water for food, eats weed seeds and waste grain in fields, grasslands, and marshes
  • In Biome: Grassland, Species characteristics: Grassland/herbaceous
    "terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Grassland/herbaceous"
  • In Biome: Wetlands, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
    "palustrineHabitatDescEn": "HERBACEOUS WETLAND"
  • In Biome: Riparian Zone, Species characteristics: Riparian
    "palustrineHabitatDescEn": "Riparian"
  • In Biome: Lake, Species characteristics: Deep water
    "lacustrineHabitatDescEn": "Deep water"
  • In Biome: River, Species characteristics: BIG RIVER
    "riverineHabitatDescEn": "BIG RIVER"
  • In Biome: Estuary, Species characteristics: River mouth/tidal river
    "estuarineHabitatDescEn": "River mouth/tidal river"
  • In Biome: Intertidal Zone, Species characteristics: Tidal flat/shore
    "estuarineHabitatDescEn": "Tidal flat/shore"
  • In Biome: Neritic Zone, Species characteristics: Near shore
    "marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. Black-headed gull (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q25634 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Laridae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Aves
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Aves","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Aves","language":"ES"},{"name":"Birds","language":"EN"},{"name":"Oiseaux","language":"FR"},{"name":"鸟纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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5. Black-headed gull (Wikipedia)
Infobox: status
Quote, Infobox: status
LC
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Laridae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 480
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 480
"cites_listing":"I/NC","eu_listing":"A/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Aves","order":"Charadriiformes","family":"Laridae"},"synonyms":[{"id":35007,"full_name":"Gelochelidon nilotica","author_year":"(Gmelin, 1789)","rank":"SPECIES"},{"id":33900,"full_name":"Hydroprogne tschegrava","author_year":"(Lepechin, 1770)","rank":"SPECIES"}],"common_names":[{"name":"Mouette Relique","language":"FR"},{"name":"Gull","language":"EN"},{"name":"Gaviotas, Charranges","language":"ES"},{"name":"鸥科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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