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Black-tailed gull

Larus crassirostris Vieillot, 1818

LCLeast Concernbirds

The black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris) is a species in the family Laridae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 522 g to 591 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris)
Photo: Angie from Sawara, Chiba-ken, Japan · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the black-tailed gull

Weight
522 g – 591 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
1.2 m – 1.28 msrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
coastalsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
25 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the black-tailed gull?

BLACK-TAILED GULL · WINGSPAN 1.28 MADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.28 m, the recorded maximum wingspan of the black-tailed gull is about 75% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the black-tailed gull live?

Not recorded

What is the black-tailed gull?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris) is a gull native to shorelines of East Asia.

From the Wikipedia article “Black-tailed gull” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black-tailed_gull&oldid=1356343082), 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-tailed gull endangered?

The black-tailed gull is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the black-tailed gull classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyLaridae
  6. genusLarus
  7. SpeciesLarus crassirostris Vieillot, 1818

Synonyms Larus melanurus

Other names and names in other languages (50)
  • Japanese gullEnglish
  • Temminck's gullEnglish
  • نورس أسود الذيلArabic
  • Черноопашата чайкаBulgarian
  • Gouelan lost duBreton
  • gavià del JapóCatalan
  • Шим пачан колшӹреMari
  • racek japonskýCzech
  • racek východníCzech
  • gwylan gynffonddu JapanWelsh
  • JapanmågeDanish
  • JapanmöweGerman
  • Japan-MöweGerman
  • Japana mevoEsperanto
  • nigravosta mevoEsperanto
  • Gaviota japonesaSpanish
  • Gaviota Cola NegraSpanish
  • jaapani kajakasEstonian
  • کاکایی دمسیاهPersian
  • japaninlokkiFinnish
  • Goéland à queue noireFrench
  • japanski galebCroatian
  • feketefarkú sirályHungarian
  • Gabbiano codaneraItalian
  • Gabbiano giapponeseItalian
  • ウミネコJapanese
  • 海猫Japanese
  • 괭이갈매기Korean
  • juodauodegis kirasLithuanian
  • melnastes kaijaLatvian
  • Харсүүлт цахлайMongolian
  • Tónteel tsídii bitseeʼ łizhinígííNavajo
  • Japanse MeeuwDutch
  • zwartstaartmeeuwDutch
  • japanmåkeNorwegian
  • mewa japońskaPolish
  • gaivota-japonesaPortuguese
  • gaivota-de-rabo-pretoPortuguese
  • Чернохвостая чайкаRussian
  • čajka čiernochvostáSlovak
  • јапански галебSerbian
  • Crnorepi galebSerbian
  • svartstjärtad måsSwedish
  • கருப்பு வால் கடற்பறவைTamil
  • นกนางนวลหางดำThai
  • Kara Kuyruklu MartıTurkish
  • мартин чорнохвостийUkrainian
  • Mòng biển đuôi đenVietnamese
  • 黑尾鷗Chinese
  • 黑尾鸥Chinese

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Relatives of the black-tailed gull

Other species in the same genus Larus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the black-tailed gull?

An adult black-tailed gull weighs 522 g – 591 g and has a wingspan of 1.2 m – 1.28 m, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the black-tailed gull endangered?

The black-tailed gull is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the black-tailed gull?

The black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris) belongs to the family Laridae in the order Charadriiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-tailed-gull

MLA

“Black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-tailed-gull.

BibTeX
@misc{black_tailed_gull_2026,
  title = {Black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-tailed-gull},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}