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title: "Franklin's Gull"
description: "Leucophaeus pipixcan — Uccelli. Franklin's gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) is a small (length 12.6–14.2 in, 32–36 cm) gull."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/franklin-s-gull
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Franklin's Gull

> Leucophaeus pipixcan — Uccelli. Franklin's gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) is a small (length 12.6–14.2 in, 32–36 cm) gull.

- Scientific name: *Leucophaeus pipixcan*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 15674
- Wikidata: [Q756795](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q756795)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144515](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144515)

## Names

- en: Franklin's Gull
- de: Präriemöwe
- es: Gaviota de Franklin
- fr: Mouette de Franklin
- nl: Franklins meeuw
- pt: Gaivota-de-franklin
- pl: Mewa preriowa

## Countries with the most observations

US (7111), CA (4215), PE (856), CL (841), MX (661), EC (138), PA (100), CR (91), SV (61), AR (31), ZA (27), NI (25)

## Summary

Franklin's gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) is a small (length 12.6–14.2 in, 32–36 cm) gull. The genus name Leucophaeus is from Ancient Greek leukos, "white", and phaios, "dusky". The specific pipixcan is a Nahuatl name for a type of gull.  The English common name was given to commemorate the arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, who led an expedition in 1825 on which the type was collected.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_gull

## Photo

![Franklin's Gull](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/franklin-s-gull/medium.jpg)

Photo: Aaron Polichar · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/215855788

## Machine access

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