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title: "Gray Gull"
description: "Leucophaeus modestus — Uccelli. The grey gull, also known as garuma gull (Leucophaeus modestus), is a medium-sized gull native to South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/gray-gull
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gray Gull

> Leucophaeus modestus — Uccelli. The grey gull, also known as garuma gull (Leucophaeus modestus), is a medium-sized gull native to South America.

- Scientific name: *Leucophaeus modestus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 2227
- Wikidata: [Q1265250](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1265250)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144513](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144513)

## Names

- en: Gray Gull
- de: Graumöwe
- es: Gaviota Gris
- fr: Goéland gris
- nl: Grijze meeuw
- pt: Gaivota-cinzenta-meridional
- pl: Mewa szara

## Countries with the most observations

CL (1197), PE (675), US (104), EC (27), MX (14), PA (6), AR (3)

## Summary

The grey gull, also known as garuma gull (Leucophaeus modestus), is a medium-sized gull native to South America. Unusual among gulls, it breeds inland in the extremely dry Atacama Desert in northern Chile, although it is present as a non-breeding bird along much of the Pacific coast of South America.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: russnamitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/358442224

## Machine access

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