Sabine's Gull
Xema sabini
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
- GenusXema
- SpeciesXema sabini (Sabine's Gull)
Closest Relatives at Channel Islands National Park
Western Gull
Larus occidentalis
California Gull
Larus californicus
Heermann's Gull
Larus heermanni
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Elegant Tern
Thalasseus elegans
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Least Tern
Sternula antillarum
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Glaucous-winged Gull
Larus glaucescens
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Sabine's Gull in Channel Islands National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Sabine's Gull sighting in Channel Islands National Park, based on 265 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Sabine's Gull in Channel Islands National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Sabine's Gull in Channel Islands National Park in our monthly data.