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title: "Gaivota-de-dorso-ardósia"
description: "Larus schistisagus — Aves. The slaty-backed gull (Larus schistisagus) is a large, white-headed gull that breeds on the north-eastern coast of the Palearctic, but travels widely during nonbreeding seasons."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/slaty-backed-gull
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gaivota-de-dorso-ardósia

> Larus schistisagus — Aves. The slaty-backed gull (Larus schistisagus) is a large, white-headed gull that breeds on the north-eastern coast of the Palearctic, but travels widely during nonbreeding seasons.

- Scientific name: *Larus schistisagus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 3781
- Wikidata: [Q1272080](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1272080)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4366](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4366)

## Names

- en: Slaty-backed Gull
- de: Kamtschatkamöwe
- es: Gaviota de Kamchatka
- fr: Goéland à manteau ardoisé
- nl: Kamtsjatkameeuw
- pt: Gaivota-de-dorso-ardósia
- pl: Mewa ochocka

## Countries with the most observations

RU (1226), JP (817), KR (351), US (348), CA (118), CN (8), TW (8), UM (6), FI (4), TH (3)

## Summary

The slaty-backed gull (Larus schistisagus) is a large, white-headed gull that breeds on the north-eastern coast of the Palearctic, but travels widely during nonbreeding seasons. It is similar in appearance to the western gull and the glaucous-winged gull.  Another alternate name is  Pacific gull, though it also applies to a Southern Hemisphere species, L. pacificus.

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

## Photo

![Gaivota-de-dorso-ardósia](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/slaty-backed-gull/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Holle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/292062551

## Machine access

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