California Gull
Larus californicus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
- GenusLarus (Large White-headed Gulls)
- SpeciesLarus californicus (California Gull)
Closest Relatives at Riding Mountain National Park
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus
Larus pipixcan
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabini
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of California Gull at Riding Mountain National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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