Silver Gull

Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

Endemic

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderCharadriiformes (Shorebirds and Allies)
FamilyLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
GenusChroicocephalus (Masked Gulls and allies)
SpeciesChroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Silver Gull)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Egmont National Park

4 Verified sightings at Egmont National Park From 2019 to 2026

9,259 Verified sightings across all 24 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Silver Gull

The silver gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) is a gull in Oceania. It is the most common gull of Australia. It has been found throughout the continent, but particularly at or near coastal areas. It is smaller than the Pacific gull (Larus pacificus), which also lives in Australia.

The silver gull should not be confused with the herring gull, which is called "silver gull" in many other languages (scientific name Larus argentatus, German Silbermöwe, French Goéland argenté, Dutch zilvermeeuw), but is a much larger, robust gull with no overlap in range.

It has traditionally been placed in the genus Larus, as is the case with many gulls, but is now placed in the genus Chroicocephalus. Hartlaub's gull (C. hartlaubii) of South Africa was formerly sometimes considered to be subspecies of the silver gull.

There are three subspecies: C. n. forsteri (Mathews, 1912) – north and northeast Australia, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands C. n. novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) – southern Australia and Tasmania C. n. scopulinus (Forster, JR, 1844) or red-billed gull – New Zealand

The head, body, and tail of an adult silver gull are white, and the wings are... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Egmont National Park

Larus dominicanus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Vanellus miles

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

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

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Rakiura National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	~80%
2	Ningaloo Marine Park	🇦🇺 Australia	~80%
3	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	~70%
4	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	~70%
5	Maria Island National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	~70%
6	Cape Range	🇦🇺 Australia	~70%
7	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	~60%
8	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	~50%
9	Flinders Chase	🇦🇺 Australia	~40%
10	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	~40%
11	Noosa National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	~40%
12	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	~30%
13	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	~20%
14	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	~10%
15	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	~10%
16	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	~10%
17	Tongariro National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
18	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
19	Egmont National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data
20	Aoraki Mount Cook National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data
21	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
22	Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
23	Kakadu National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
24	Arthur's Pass National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data

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