Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
- GenusChroicocephalus (Masked Gulls and allies)
- SpeciesChroicocephalus philadelphia (Bonaparte's Gull)
Closest Relatives at Kluane National Park
Short-billed Gull
Larus brachyrhynchus
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Glaucous-winged Gull
Larus glaucescens
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreus
Black-legged Kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
📅 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 Bonaparte's Gull in Kluane National Park?
About 7% of visitor-days record a Bonaparte's Gull sighting in Kluane National Park, based on 34 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Bonaparte's Gull in Kluane National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Bonaparte's Gull in Kluane National Park in our monthly data.