Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
- GenusChroicocephalus (Masked Gulls and allies)
- SpeciesChroicocephalus ridibundus (Black-headed Gull)
Closest Relatives at Sundarbans National Park
Brown-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Pallas's Gull
Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
📅 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 Black-headed Gull in Sundarbans National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Black-headed Gull sighting in Sundarbans National Park, based on 43 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Black-headed Gull in Sundarbans National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Black-headed Gull in Sundarbans National Park in our monthly data.