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title: "Saunders's Gull"
description: "Saundersilarus saundersi — Vogels. Saunders's gull (Saundersilarus saundersi) or Chinese black-headed gull, is a species of gull in the family Laridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/saunders-s-gull
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Saunders's Gull

> Saundersilarus saundersi — Vogels. Saunders's gull (Saundersilarus saundersi) or Chinese black-headed gull, is a species of gull in the family Laridae.

- Scientific name: *Saundersilarus saundersi*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1521
- Wikidata: [Q22062067](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22062067)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144500](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144500)

## Names

- en: Saunders's Gull
- de: Saundersmöwe
- es: Gaviota de Saunders
- fr: Mouette de Saunders

## Countries with the most observations

CN (273), KR (186), TW (177), JP (125), HK (36), RU (8)

## Summary

Saunders's gull (Saundersilarus saundersi) or Chinese black-headed gull, is a species of gull in the family Laridae. It is found in China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Macau, Russia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are estuarine waters and intertidal marshes. As with many other gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus Larus, but based on phylogenetic work some have moved it to Chroicocephalus, while others argue it is sufficiently distinct for placement in the monotypic Saundersilarus. In 2023, this transfer was accepted by the International Ornithologists' Union.
It is threatened by habitat…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saunders%27s_gull

## Photo

![Saunders's Gull](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/saunders-s-gull/medium.jpg)

Photo: lonelyshrimp · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saunders%27s_Gull,_Shuangtai_Estuary,_Panjin,_Liaoning_1.jpg

## Machine access

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