Listen to the Silver gull
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About the Silver gull
The Silver gull is a bird in the family Laridae (order Charadriiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 94 cm and weigh around 264 g.
What does the Silver gull sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The silver gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) is a gull in Oceania. It is the most common gull of Australia. It has been found throughout the continent, but particularly at or near coastal areas. It is smaller than the Pacific gull (Larus pacificus), which also lives in Australia.
The silver gull should not be confused with the herring gull, which is called "silver gull" in many other languages (scientific name Larus argentatus, German Silbermöwe, French Goéland argenté, Dutch zilvermeeuw), but is a much larger, robust gull with no overlap in range.
Related birds in the genus Chroicocephalus
More from the family Laridae
European herring gull
Larus argentatus
Common tern
Sterna hirundo
Common gull
Larus canus
Lesser black-backed gull
Larus fuscus
Arctic tern
Sterna paradisaea
Caspian tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Black-legged kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla
Gull-billed tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Great black-backed gull
Larus marinus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Silver gull sound like?
You can hear 5 recordings of the Silver gull on this page, including its call. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Silver gull endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Silver gull as “least concern”.
What family does the Silver gull belong to?
The Silver gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) belongs to the family Laridae in the order Charadriiformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Sydney, Council of the City of Sydney, New South Wales… by James Ray – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Sydney, Council of the City of Sydney, New South Wales… by James Ray – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Sydney, Council of the City of Sydney, New South Wales… by James Ray – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Sydney, Council of the City of Sydney, New South Wales… by James Ray – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Sydney, Council of the City of Sydney, New South Wales… by James Ray – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q782038 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Silver gull – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) – CC BY-SA 3.0