Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)
About the Short-billed Gull
The short-billed gull (Larus brachyrhynchus) is a species of gull that breeds in northwestern North America. In North America, it was previously known as the mew gull, when it was considered conspecific with the palearctic common gull (Larus canus). Most authorities, including the American Ornithological Society in 2021, have split the two populations as distinct species. The species was first described by Scottish naturalist John Richardson in 1831 as the 'short-billed mew gull', Larus brachyrhynchus.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 56 recordings for this species: 9 CC BY-NC-ND · 8 CC BY-NC-SA. 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 Canada, United States in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusrecording
- California GullLarus californicusrecording
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnansrecording
- Common GullLarus canusrecording
- European Herring GullLarus argentatusrecording
- Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescensrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.