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title: "Beringmeeuw"
description: "Larus glaucescens — Vogels. The glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens) is a large, white-headed gull."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/glaucous-winged-gull
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Beringmeeuw

> Larus glaucescens — Vogels. The glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens) is a large, white-headed gull.

- Scientific name: *Larus glaucescens*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 23545
- Wikidata: [Q768140](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q768140)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4399](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4399)

## Names

- en: Glaucous-winged Gull
- de: Beringmöwe
- es: Gaviota Alas Blancas
- fr: Goéland à ailes grises
- nl: Beringmeeuw
- pt: Gaivota-de-bering
- pl: Mewa lodowa

## Countries with the most observations

US (9148), CA (5865), RU (112), MX (66), JP (58), KR (16), UM (9), DK (3)

## Summary

The glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens) is a large, white-headed gull. The genus name is from Latin Larus which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird. The specific glaucescens is Neo-Latin for "glaucous" from the Ancient Greek, glaukos, denoting the grey color of its wings.

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

## Photo

![Beringmeeuw](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/glaucous-winged-gull/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben Keen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340452090

## Machine access

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