---
title: "Mewa śródziemnomorska"
description: "Ichthyaetus audouinii — Ptaki. Audouin's gull (Ichthyaetus audouinii) is a large gull restricted to the Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian Peninsula."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/audouin-s-gull
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mewa śródziemnomorska

> Ichthyaetus audouinii — Ptaki. Audouin's gull (Ichthyaetus audouinii) is a large gull restricted to the Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.

- Scientific name: *Ichthyaetus audouinii*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 5599
- Wikidata: [Q519583](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519583)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144522](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144522)

## Names

- en: Audouin's Gull
- de: Korallenmöwe
- es: Gaviota de Audouin
- fr: Goéland d'Audouin
- nl: Audouins meeuw
- pt: Gaivota-de-audouin
- pl: Mewa śródziemnomorska

## Countries with the most observations

ES (3295), PT (687), IT (504), FR (259), DZ (176), MA (162), GR (37), EH (29), TR (26), SN (15), CY (9), MT (8)

## Summary

Audouin's gull (Ichthyaetus audouinii) is a large gull restricted to the Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ikhthus, "fish", and aetos, "eagle", and 
the specific audouinii and the English name are after the French naturalist Jean Victoire Audouin.
It breeds on small islands colonially or alone, laying 2–3 eggs on a ground nest. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus Larus.
In the late 1960s, this was one of the world's rarest gulls, with a population of only 1,000 pairs. It has established new…

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

## Photo

![Mewa śródziemnomorska](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/audouin-s-gull/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stuart · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/172158804

## Machine access

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