---
title: "Mewa galapagoska"
description: "Leucophaeus fuliginosus — Ptaki. The lava gull (Leucophaeus fuliginosus), also known as the dusky gull, is a medium-sized gull and a member of the \"hooded gull\" group."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/lava-gull
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mewa galapagoska

> Leucophaeus fuliginosus — Ptaki. The lava gull (Leucophaeus fuliginosus), also known as the dusky gull, is a medium-sized gull and a member of the "hooded gull" group.

- Scientific name: *Leucophaeus fuliginosus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 1533
- Wikidata: [Q596917](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q596917)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144516](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144516)

## Names

- en: Lava Gull
- de: Lavamöwe
- es: Gaviota de lava
- fr: Mouette obscure
- nl: Lavameeuw
- pt: Gaivota-da-lava
- pl: Mewa galapagoska

## Countries with the most observations

EC (1474)

## Summary

The lava gull (Leucophaeus fuliginosus), also known as the dusky gull, is a medium-sized gull and a member of the "hooded gull" group. It is most closely related to the Laughing gull and Franklin's gull and is the rarest gull in the world. It is endemic to the Galapagos Islands.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/256038606

## Machine access

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