Black-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri)
About the Black-billed Gull
The black-billed gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri), also called Buller's gull or tarāpuka (Māori), is a Near Threatened species of gull in the family Laridae. This gull is found only in New Zealand, its ancestors having arrived from Australia around 250,000 years ago.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 14 recordings for this species: 13 CC BY-NC-SA · 1 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in New Zealand in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Andean GullChroicocephalus serranusrecording
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusrecording
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiarecording
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalusrecording
- Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiaerecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.