{"id":24381,"date":"2012-10-29T20:52:30","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T19:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/seabirds\/black-headed-gull-larus-ridibundus\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:13:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:13:00","slug":"black-headed-gull-larus-ridibundus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/seabirds\/black-headed-gull-larus-ridibundus\/","title":{"rendered":"Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) is a small gull which breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory, wintering further south, but some birds in the milder westernmost areas of Europe are resident. Some birds will also spend the winter in northeastern North America. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus Larus<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Black-headed Gull\u00a0<i>Larus\u00a0ridibundus<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-116-24381\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9918\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-headed-gull-larus-ridibundus\/black_headed_gull_0_wm.jpg\" title=\"Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)\" alt=\"Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-headed-gull-larus-ridibundus\/thumbs\/thumbs_black_headed_gull_0_wm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-653\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-headed-gull-larus-ridibundus\/black-headed-gull-larus-ridibundus-9.jpg\" title=\"Black-Headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Black-Headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Black-Headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-headed-gull-larus-ridibundus\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-headed-gull-larus-ridibundus-9.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Black-Headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-644\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-headed-gull-larus-ridibundus\/black-headed-gull-larus-ridibundus-10.jpg\" title=\"Black-Headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Black-Headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Black-Headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-headed-gull-larus-ridibundus\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-headed-gull-larus-ridibundus-10.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Black-Headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-643\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-headed-gull-larus-ridibundus\/black-headed-gull-larus-ridibundus-1.jpg\" title=\"Black-Headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) at Rhein Delta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Black-Headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) at Rhein Delta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Black-Headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-headed-gull-larus-ridibundus\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-headed-gull-larus-ridibundus-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Black-Headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) is a small gull which breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory, wintering further south, but some birds in the milder westernmost areas of Europe are resident. Some birds will also spend the winter in northeastern North America. 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