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Common Gull
Photo · Estormiz

BirdUp · Species

Common Gull

Larus canusLinnaeus, 1758

Updated 21 March 2026

Origin: Native
Order
CHARADRIIFORMES
Family
Laridae
Genus
Larus

At a glance

The Common Gull, native to Australia.

Origin
Native
  • Identification
  • Where

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The common gull is a gull that breeds in cool temperate regions of the Palearctic from Iceland and Scotland east to Kamchatka in the Russian Far East. Most common gulls migrate further south in winter, reaching the Mediterranean Sea, the southern Caspian Sea, and the seas around China and Japan; northwest European populations are at least partly resident. The closely related short-billed gull was formerly often included in this species, which was then sometimes known collectively as "mew gull".

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

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02 · Where

Where to find it

Where does the Common Gull live in Australia?

The Common Gull is native to Australia.

BreedingNA, PAL : Iceland and north-west and central Europe to Kamchatka (east Siberia)

Non-breedingEurope to north Africa, Mediterranean, Black and Caspian seas, Persian Gulf; Sea of Okhotsk (south-east Russia), Japan, Korean Pen. to south-east China

Distribution from BirdUp Australia community data

Legend

  • Vagrant

2 regions recorded