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title: "Short-billed Gull"
description: "Larus brachyrhynchus — Uccelli. The short-billed gull (Larus brachyrhynchus) is a species of gull that breeds in northwestern North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/short-billed-gull
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Short-billed Gull

> Larus brachyrhynchus — Uccelli. The short-billed gull (Larus brachyrhynchus) is a species of gull that breeds in northwestern North America.

- Scientific name: *Larus brachyrhynchus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi), `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 16361
- Wikidata: [Q107426140](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107426140)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1286964](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1286964)

## Names

- en: Short-billed Gull
- de: Amerikanische Sturmmöwe
- es: Gaviota de pico corto
- fr: Goéland à bec court

## Countries with the most observations

US (9915), CA (4893), MX (18)

## Summary

The short-billed gull (Larus brachyrhynchus) is a species of gull that breeds in northwestern North America. In North America, it was previously known as the mew gull, when it was considered conspecific with the palearctic common gull (Larus canus). Most authorities, including the American Ornithological Society in 2021, have split the two populations as distinct species.

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

## Photo

![Short-billed Gull](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/short-billed-gull/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stuart · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193838649

## Machine access

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