Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
- GenusHydrocoloeus
- SpeciesHydrocoloeus minutus (Little Gull)
Closest Relatives at Point Pelee National Park
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinus
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Black-legged Kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoides
📅 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 2 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 3 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 5 | Point Pelee National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 6 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 7 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 8 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 9 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 10 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 11 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 13 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 14 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 15 | Thingvellir National Park | 🇮🇸 Iceland | |
| 16 | Vatnajokull National Park | 🇮🇸 Iceland | |
| 17 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Little Gull in Point Pelee National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Little Gull sighting in Point Pelee National Park, based on 563 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Little Gull in Point Pelee National Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Little Gull in Point Pelee National Park in our monthly data.