Kelp Gull

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: November · Most records: New Zealand, Chile, Argentina

Kelp Gull has been recorded at 453 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 38 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Kaikoura – offshore – Albatross Encounter pelagicNew Zealand6,135 records
2. SN Humedal Río Maipo – DesembocaduraChile3,144 records
3. Strandfontein WTPSouth Africa2,775 records

Countries and regions with the most records

New ZealandChileArgentinaSouth AfricaUruguayPeruFalkland IslandsAustralia

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The kelp gull (Larus dominicanus), also known as the Dominican gull, is a gull that breeds on coasts and islands through much of the Southern Hemisphere. The nominate L. d. dominicanus is the subspecies found around South America, parts of Australia (where it overlaps with the Pacific gull), and New Zealand (where it is known as the black-backed gull, the southern black-backed gull, mollyhawk – particularly the juveniles, or by its Māori name karoro). L. d. vetula (known as the Cape gull) is a subspecies occurring around Southern Africa.

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