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title: "Yellow-footed Gull"
description: "Larus livens — Uccelli. The yellow-footed gull (Larus livens) is a large gull, closely related to the western gull and thought to be a subspecies until the 1960s."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/yellow-footed-gull
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow-footed Gull

> Larus livens — Uccelli. The yellow-footed gull (Larus livens) is a large gull, closely related to the western gull and thought to be a subspecies until the 1960s.

- Scientific name: *Larus livens*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 3993
- Wikidata: [Q629447](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q629447)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4354](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4354)

## Names

- en: Yellow-footed Gull
- de: Gelbfußmöwe
- es: Gaviota Bajacaliforniana
- fr: Goéland de Cortez
- nl: Mexicaanse meeuw
- pt: Gaivota-de-pés-amarelos
- pl: Mewa meksykańska

## Countries with the most observations

MX (3398), US (322)

## Summary

The yellow-footed gull (Larus livens) is a large gull, closely related to the western gull and thought to be a subspecies until the 1960s. It is endemic to the Gulf of California.

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

## Photo

![Yellow-footed Gull](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-footed-gull/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua Smith · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253381560

## Machine access

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