California gull at Palo Alto Duck Pond,[1] Baylands Nature Preserve, Palo Alto, California
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Laridae
Genus:
Larus
Species:
L. californicus
Binomial name
Larus californicus
Lawrence, 1854
Subspecies
L. c. californicusLawrence, 1854 Great Basin California gull
L. c. albertaensisJehl, 1987 Great Plains California gull
California gull, in California[3]
The California gull (Larus californicus) is a medium-sized gull, smaller on average than the herring gull, but larger on average than the ring-billed gull (though it may overlap in size greatly with both). It lives not just in California, but up and down the entire Western coast of North America, and has breeding ground inland. The yellow bill has a black ring.
^BirdLife International (2018). "Larus californicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22694321A132542511. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22694321A132542511.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
^"Gulls (Laridae)". The World Birds. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
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