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Black-billed gull

Chroicocephalus bulleri (F. W. Hutton, 1871)

Status not recordedbirds

The black-billed gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri) is a species in the family Laridae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 218 g to 243 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

Black-billed gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri)
Photo: Paul Davey edited by User:Tony Wills · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the black-billed gull

Weight
218 g – 243 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
90 cmsrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
riverinesrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1.93 – 2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the black-billed gull?

BLACK-BILLED GULL · WINGSPAN 90 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 90 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the black-billed gull is about 53% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Photos of the black-billed gull

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Black-billed gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri)
DickDaniels ( http://theworldbirds.org/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the black-billed gull live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The black-billed gull is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the black-billed gull?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The black-billed gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri), also called Buller's gull or tarāpuka (Māori), is a Near Threatened species of gull in the family Laridae. This gull is found only in New Zealand, its ancestors having arrived from Australia around 250,000 years ago.

From the Wikipedia article “Black-billed gull” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black-billed_gull&oldid=1359106159), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the black-billed gull endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the black-billed gull classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyLaridae
  6. genusChroicocephalus
  7. SpeciesChroicocephalus bulleri (F. W. Hutton, 1871)

Synonyms Chroicocephala bulleri, Larus bulleri

Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • نورس أسود المنقارArabic
  • Булерова чайкаBulgarian
  • Gouelanig beg duBreton
  • gavina de BullerCatalan
  • racek černozobýCzech
  • Gwylan BullerWelsh
  • MaorimågeDanish
  • MaorimöweGerman
  • nigrabeka mevoEsperanto
  • Gaviota maoríSpanish
  • jõgikajakasEstonian
  • کاکایی نوکسیاهPersian
  • uudenseelanninlokkiFinnish
  • Mouette de BullerFrench
  • maori sirályHungarian
  • Gabbiano becconeroItalian
  • Gabbiano di BullerItalian
  • ハシグロカモメJapanese
  • Bulerio kirasLithuanian
  • melnknābja kaijaLatvian
  • TarāpukaMāori
  • Łeesdísí Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ tónteel tsídii bidaaʼ łizhinígííNavajo
  • zwartsnavelmeeuwDutch
  • MaorimåseNorwegian Nynorsk
  • maorimåkeNorwegian
  • mewa czarnodziobaPolish
  • gaivota-maoriPortuguese
  • gaivota-de-bico-pretoPortuguese
  • Буллерова чайкаRussian
  • Маорийская чайкаRussian
  • čajka jazernáSlovak
  • Crnokljuni galebSerbian
  • svartnäbbad måsSwedish
  • Yeni Zelanda MartısıTurkish
  • мартин чорнодзьобийUkrainian
  • 新西兰黑嘴鸥Chinese
  • 紐西蘭黑嘴鷗Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMS

Relatives of the black-billed gull

Other species in the same genus Chroicocephalus.

LC, Least Concern
Silver gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)

Silver gull

Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

Laridae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the black-billed gull?

An adult black-billed gull weighs 218 g – 243 g and has a wingspan of 90 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the black-billed gull live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the black-billed gull for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the black-billed gull?

The black-billed gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri) belongs to the family Laridae in the order Charadriiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Black-billed gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-billed-gull

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{black_billed_gull_2026,
  title = {Black-billed gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-billed-gull},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}