Dominican Gull
Larus dominicanus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
- GenusLarus (Large White-headed Gulls)
- SpeciesLarus dominicanus (Dominican Gull)
Closest Relatives at Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park
Brown-hooded Gull
Chroicocephalus maculipennis
Larus pipixcan
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Gray-breasted Seedsnipe
Thinocorus orbignyianus
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
Magellanic Snipe
Gallinago magellanica
📅 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 Dominican Gull in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park?
About 18% of visitor-days record a Dominican Gull sighting in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park, based on 97 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Dominican Gull in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Dominican Gull in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park in our monthly data.