Ring-billed gull
Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815
The ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis) is a species in the family Laridae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 471 g to 566 g and live up to 28.6 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the ring-billed gull
- Weight
- 471 g – 566 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Wingspan
- 1.1 m – 1.2 msrc for Wingspan
- Lifespan
- 28.6 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 31.8 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- coastalsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 23.8 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 2 years – 2.49 yearssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1src for Litters or clutches a year
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Partialsrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the ring-billed gull?
Where does the ring-billed gull live?
Not recorded
What is the ring-billed gull?
The ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis) is a medium-sized gull native to North America, breeding in Canada and the northern Contiguous United States, and wintering mainly in the United States and northern Mexico. The genus name is from Latin Larus which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird. The specific delawarensis refers to the Delaware River.
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What does the ring-billed gull sound like?
Is the ring-billed gull endangered?
The ring-billed gull is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the ring-billed gull classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderCharadriiformes
- familyLaridae
- genusLarus
- SpeciesLarus delawarensis Ord, 1815
Synonyms Larus suckleyi, Larus zonorhynchus
Other names and names in other languages (76)
- نورس ديلاويرArabic
- نورس حلقي المنقارArabic
- Пръстенчатоклюна чайкаBulgarian
- Gouelan beg gwalennekBreton
- gavina de DelawareCatalan
- racek delawarskýCzech
- racek kroužkozobýCzech
- gwylan fodrwybigWelsh
- Gwylanod ModrwybigWelsh
- ringnæbbet mågeDanish
- ringschnabelmöweGerman
- Δακτυλιόραμφος ΓλάροςGreek
- ringobeka mevoEsperanto
- Gaviota de DelawareSpanish
- Gaviota pico anilladoSpanish
- Gaviota PiquianilladaSpanish
- vöötnokk-kajakasEstonian
- Delaware kaioaBasque
- کاکایی نوکحلقهایPersian
- rengasnokkalokkiFinnish
- Sæ?ingurFaroese
- sæðingurFaroese
- Goéland à bec cercléFrench
- Faoileán bandghobachIrish
- Faoileán fáinneghobachIrish
- Foillan cryss-ghobbaghScottish Gaelic
- Gaivota de DelawareGalician
- Mòv bèk jònHaitian Creole
- שחף עקוד-מקורHebrew
- שחף עקוד מקורHebrew
- prstenokljuni galebCroatian
- gyűrűscsőrű sirályHungarian
- Camar paruh cincinIndonesian
- HringmáfurIcelandic
- Gavina americanaItalian
- Gabbiano di DelawareItalian
- オビハシカモメJapanese
- クロワカモメJapanese
- Делавэр шағаласыKazakh
- 북미갈매기Korean
- 고리부리갈매기Korean
- žiedasnapis kirasLithuanian
- žieduotasnapis kirasLithuanian
- gredzenknābja kaijaLatvian
- KloqtinejMi'kmaw
- Tónteel tsídii íiyisígííNavajo
- ringnebbmåkeNorwegian Bokmål
- ringsnavelmeeuwDutch
- ringnebbmåseNorwegian Nynorsk
- GayaashkOjibwa
- Kahela Pik RenchiPapiamento
- Meuwchi Pico RenchiPapiamento
- mewa delawarskaPolish
- Gaivota-de-DelawarePortuguese
- Gaivota-de-bico-manchadoPortuguese
- gaivota-de-bico-riscadoPortuguese
- Muetta dal bec a cularinRomansh
- Делавэрская чайкаRussian
- Кольцеклювая чайкаRussian
- чайка делавэрскаяRussian
- DelawarebáiskiNorthern Sami
- gierdonjunbáiskiNorthern Sami
- čajka obrúčkozobáSlovak
- progastokljuni galebSlovenian
- Delaverski galebSerbian
- прстенокљуни галебSerbian
- ringnäbbad måsSwedish
- மோதிர மூக்கு கடற்பறவைTamil
- Halkalı MartıTurkish
- kuzey gümüş martıTurkish
- Мартин делаверскийUkrainian
- делаверский мартинUkrainian
- мартин делаверськийUkrainian
- Mòng biển mỏ vòngVietnamese
- 环嘴鸥Chinese
- 環嘴鷗Chinese
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Relatives of the ring-billed gull
Other species in the same genus Larus.
European herring gull
Larus argentatus
Common gull
Larus canus
Lesser black-backed gull
Larus fuscus
Great black-backed gull
Larus marinus
Caspian gull
Larus cachinnans
Glaucous gull
Larus hyperboreus
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the ring-billed gull?
An adult ring-billed gull weighs 471 g – 566 g and has a wingspan of 1.1 m – 1.2 m, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the ring-billed gull endangered?
The ring-billed gull is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
How long does the ring-billed gull live?
The ring-billed gull has a recorded lifespan of 28.6 years.
What kind of animal is the ring-billed gull?
The ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis) belongs to the family Laridae in the order Charadriiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
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