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title: "Grote mantelmeeuw"
description: "Larus marinus — Vogels. The great black-backed gull (Larus marinus) is the largest member of the gull and tern family Laridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/great-black-backed-gull
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grote mantelmeeuw

> Larus marinus — Vogels. The great black-backed gull (Larus marinus) is the largest member of the gull and tern family Laridae.

- Scientific name: *Larus marinus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 48099
- Wikidata: [Q26629](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26629)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4368](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4368)

## Names

- en: Great Black-backed Gull
- de: Mantelmöwe
- es: Gaviota Mayor
- fr: Goéland marin
- nl: Grote mantelmeeuw
- pt: Alcatraz-comum
- pl: Mewa siodłata

## Countries with the most observations

US (16632), CA (7607), GB (4198), FR (2262), RU (1245), IE (1041), NO (1036), DE (804), DK (710), NL (601), ES (503), IS (487)

## Summary

The great black-backed gull (Larus marinus) is the largest member of the gull and tern family Laridae. It is a very aggressive hunter, pirate and scavenger which breeds on the North Atlantic coasts and islands of northern Europe and northeastern North America. Southern populations are generally sedentary, while those breeding in the far north (northern Norway, northwest Russia) migrate farther south in winter. A few also move inland to large lakes and reservoirs. The adult has a white head, neck and underparts, dark blackish-grey wings and back, pink legs and the bill yellow with a red spot.

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

## Photo

![Grote mantelmeeuw](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/great-black-backed-gull/medium.jpg)

Photo: Rob Wadsworth · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141136089

## Machine access

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