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title: "Dolphin Gull"
description: "Leucophaeus scoresbii — Birds. The dolphin gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii), sometimes erroneously called the red-billed gull (a somewhat similar but unrelated species from New Zealand), is a gull native to southern Chile and Argentina, and the Falkland Islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/dolphin-gull
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dolphin Gull

> Leucophaeus scoresbii — Birds. The dolphin gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii), sometimes erroneously called the red-billed gull (a somewhat similar but unrelated species from New Zealand), is a gull native to southern Chile and Argentina, and the Falkland Islands.

- Scientific name: *Leucophaeus scoresbii*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 2594
- Wikidata: [Q886789](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q886789)
- iNaturalist taxon: [72981](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/72981)

## Names

- en: Dolphin Gull
- de: Blutschnabelmöwe
- es: Gaviota gris
- fr: Goéland de Scoresby
- nl: Dolfijnmeeuw
- pt: Gaivota-golfinho
- pl: Mewa magellańska

## Countries with the most observations

AR (1623), CL (675), FK (194), BR (8)

## Summary

The dolphin gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii), sometimes erroneously called the red-billed gull (a somewhat similar but unrelated species from New Zealand), is a gull native to southern Chile and Argentina, and the Falkland Islands. It is a coastal bird inhabiting rocky, muddy and sandy shores and is often found around seabird colonies. They have greyish feathers, and the feathers on their wings are a darker shade. Dolphin gulls have a varied diet, eating many things ranging from mussels to carrion.
The modern scientific name Leucophaeus scoresbii, together with the obsolete common name Scoresby's gull, commemorates the…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_gull

## Photo

![Dolphin Gull](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dolphin-gull/medium.jpg)

Photo: Federico Muñoz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182507080

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dolphin-gull?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).