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title: "Mewa kalifornijska"
description: "Larus californicus — Ptaki. The California gull (Larus californicus) is a medium-sized gull, smaller on average than the herring gull, but larger on average than the ring-billed gull (though it may overlap in size with both)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/california-gull
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mewa kalifornijska

> Larus californicus — Ptaki. The California gull (Larus californicus) is a medium-sized gull, smaller on average than the herring gull, but larger on average than the ring-billed gull (though it may overlap in size with both).

- Scientific name: *Larus californicus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 38897
- Wikidata: [Q953999](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q953999)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4385](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4385)

## Names

- en: California Gull
- de: Kaliforniermöwe
- es: Gaviota californiana
- fr: Goéland de Californie
- nl: Prairiemeeuw
- pt: Gaivota-da-califórnia
- pl: Mewa kalifornijska

## Countries with the most observations

US (26047), CA (4323), MX (1258), PA (5), SV (4)

## Summary

The California gull (Larus californicus) is a medium-sized gull, smaller on average than the herring gull, but larger on average than the ring-billed gull (though it may overlap in size with both). Although named after California, it can be found annually across most of western North America, from the Canadian prairie provinces in the northeast and south through western Mexico.

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

## Photo

![Mewa kalifornijska](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/california-gull/medium.jpg)

Photo: Anne Parsons · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48058517

## Machine access

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