Short-billed Gull

Short-billed Gull

Larus brachyrhynchus

20–30% · Possible
overall probability at Kenai Fjords National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
20–30
Feb
30–40
Mar
20–30
Apr
10–20
May
20–30
Jun
20–30
Jul
30–40
Aug
20–30
Sep
20–30
Oct
20–30
Nov
20–30
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Probability
1 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
60–70%
2 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
30–40%
3 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
30–40%
4 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
20–30%
5 Denali National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
6 Kluane National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
20–30%
7 Kenai Fjords National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
8 Gates of the Arctic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
9 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
10 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
11 Wood Buffalo National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
0–10%
12 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
13 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
14 Nahanni National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
15 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Short-billed Gull in Kenai Fjords National Park?

About 23% of visitor-days record a Short-billed Gull sighting in Kenai Fjords National Park, based on 172 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Short-billed Gull in Kenai Fjords National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Short-billed Gull in Kenai Fjords National Park in our monthly data.

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