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Franklin's Gull

Leucophaeus pipixcan

355Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan14
Feb17
Mar67
Apr25
May52
Jun6
Jul75
Aug27
Sep31
Oct11
Nov27
Dec3

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England31
2Leeds England29
3Essex England26
4Somerset England23
5Bradford England23
6Oxfordshire England12
7Cornwall England11
8Cambridgeshire England8
9North Yorkshire England7
10Devon England5
11Bath and North East Somerset England5
12Torbay England3
13Norfolk England2
14Cheshire East England2
15Shetland Islands —2
341 England10 Scotland3 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
355
Peak month
July
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Group
Birds
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Leucophaeus
Name with authority
Leucophaeus pipixcan (Wagler, 1831)
Described
1831

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q756795 · GBIF 5846430