American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus
IUCN: Not Evaluated
Taxonomy
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Larus
- eBird Code
- amhgul1
Distribution
breeds northern and western Alaska eastward across subarctic Canada to Baffin Island and Newfoundland, southward on Pacific coast to southern British Columbia, eastward to inland northeastern USA and Atlantic coast southward to North Carolina; winters from Aleutian Islands southward on Pacific coast to Nayarit (western Mexico), Gulf coast, and inland to Honduras and northern Caribbean
Vocalizations
Bob Schwartz · CC_BY_4_0
Jonathan Layman · CC_BY_4_0
Lena Dietz Chiasson · CC0_1_0
Mary Krieger · CC_BY_4_0
Cole Wolf · CC_BY_4_0
Dan MacNeal · CC_BY_4_0
Eric Schmidt · CC_BY_4_0
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.