Kelp Gull / Larus dominicanus
| Kelp Gull bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
| Synonyms | Karoro, Dominican Gull, Southern Black-backed Gull |
| Order | Shorebirds / Charadriiformes |
| Family | Gulls, Terns, Skimmers / Laridae |
| Genus | Larus |
| Breeding region | Africa, Australasia, South America |
| Breeding subregion | coasts of s continents and is., mostly temperate to Antarctic waters |
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Related species
Short-billed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Western Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Armenian Gull
Heermann's Gull
Belcher's Gull
Glaucous Gull
Vega Gull
Where to see Kelp Gull
- Angola
- Antarctica
- Argentina
- Australia
- Barbados
- Bouvet Island
- Brazil
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- Fiji
- France
- French Guiana
- French Southern Territories
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Honduras
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Madagascar
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- Panama
- Peru
- Portugal
- Réunion
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Senegal
- South Africa
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Spain
- Tanzania
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Western Sahara
Kelp Gull subspecies (5)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larus dominicanus austrinus | coastal Antarctica and satellites | n to ice edge | No |
| Larus dominicanus dominicanus | coastal South America, Falkland Is., South Georgia, Australia and New Zealand region | to Ecuador (tropical e Pacific) and ec Brazil (nw South Atlantic) | No |
| Larus dominicanus judithae | subantarctic Indian Ocean is. | - | No |
| Larus dominicanus melisandae | coastal s Madagascar | - | No |
| Larus dominicanus vetula | coastal w, s Africa | to Senegal | No |
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kelpmeeu, Swartrugmeeu |
| Azerbaijani | Dominikan qağayısı |
| Belarusian | Дамініканская чайка |
| Bulgarian | Доминиканска чайка |
| Catalan | gavià de Lichtenstein, Gavià dominicà |
| Chinese | 黑背鸥 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 黑背鷗 |
| Croatian | južni galeb |
| Czech | racek jižní |
| Danish | Kelpmåge, Tangmåge, Sydlig Svartbag |
| Dutch | Kelpmeeuw |
| Esperanto | nigradorsa mevo, Dominika mevo, nigradorsa laro |
| Estonian | lõunakajakas |
| Finnish | etelänselkälokki |
| French | Goéland dominicain |
| Galician | Gaivotón dominicano |
| German | Dominikanermöwe |
| Greek | Μελανόγλαρος του Νότου |
| Hebrew | שחף דרומי |
| Hungarian | déli sirály |
| Icelandic | Þangmáfur |
| Italian | Mugnaiaccio australe, Gabbiano del kelp, Zafferano meridionale |
| Japanese | ミナミオオセグロカモメ |
| Latvian | Aļģu kaija |
| Lithuanian | dominikinis kiras |
| Malagasy | Kolokoloky, Betehoky |
| Maori | karoro |
| Norwegian | taremåke, Taremåke |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Taremåse |
| Polish | mewa poludniowa, mewa południowa |
| Portuguese | gaivotão, cau-cau, Gaivotño, gaivota-meridional, gaivota-dominicana, Gaivota-dominicana |
| Russian | Доминиканская чайка |
| Serbian | Dominikanski galeb |
| Slovak | čajka vznešená |
| Spanish | Gaviota Dorsinegra Sureña, Gaviota Meridional, Gaviota cocinera, Gaviota Dominicana |
| Swedish | kelptrut, Dominikanertrut |
| Turkish | Yosun Martısı, Yosun martı |
| Ukrainian | мартин домініканський |
| Welsh | Gwylan y De |
| Xhosa | Ingaba-ngaba |