Species
Oiseaux

cd_nom

530157

Black-headed Gull (English)

Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Classification
Mouettes, goélands, sternes et bécasses
Chordata > Aves > Charadriiformes > Laridae
Mouettes, goélands, sternes et bécasses
Habitats

habitats

marine and terrestrial

Domains and territories

Continental

Metropolitan France

Overseas

Marine

Metropolitan France

Overseas

Assessment, protection and threat status

Assessed species

evaluated

Protected species

protected

Europe

Least concern (species for which the risk of disappearing is low)

World

Least concern (species for which the risk of disappearing is low)

Red list

ZNIEFF determined species

ZNIEFF determined species

Status in the territories

Territory

Type of presence

France red list

Guadeloupe

Taxon occasionnel, non nicheur, accidentel dans la zone géographique considérée (par exemple migrateur de passage).

occasional

Not applicable (species not subject to evaluation because (a) introduced recently or (b) occasionally present in mainland France)

Martinique

Taxon occasionnel, non nicheur, accidentel dans la zone géographique considérée (par exemple migrateur de passage).

occasional

Not applicable (species not subject to evaluation because (a) introduced recently or (b) occasionally present in mainland France)

Guyane française

Indigenous or undetermined. Taxon present in a broad sense in the geographical area under consideration, i.e., native taxon or taxon not known to belong to one of the other categories. The lack of knowledge thus benefits the indigenous. Indigenous means: taxon that originated in the geographical area under consideration and that has developed naturally there without human contribution, or taxon that arrived there without human intervention (intentional or not) from an area in which it is indigenous. (NB: excluded hybrids of which at least one of the parents is introduced in the considered area). All taxa categorized as

present

Insufficient data (species for which the assessment could not be carried out due to insufficient data)

Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Indigenous or undetermined. Taxon present in a broad sense in the geographical area under consideration, i.e., native taxon or taxon not known to belong to one of the other categories. The lack of knowledge thus benefits the indigenous. Indigenous means: taxon that originated in the geographical area under consideration and that has developed naturally there without human contribution, or taxon that arrived there without human intervention (intentional or not) from an area in which it is indigenous. (NB: excluded hybrids of which at least one of the parents is introduced in the considered area). All taxa categorized as

present

Not evaluated, not present in a national Red List

Mayotte

Taxon occasionnel, non nicheur, accidentel dans la zone géographique considérée (par exemple migrateur de passage).

occasional

Not evaluated, not present in a national Red List

Saint-Martin

Taxon occasionnel, non nicheur, accidentel dans la zone géographique considérée (par exemple migrateur de passage).

occasional

Not evaluated, not present in a national Red List

France métropolitaine

Indigenous or undetermined. Taxon present in a broad sense in the geographical area under consideration, i.e., native taxon or taxon not known to belong to one of the other categories. The lack of knowledge thus benefits the indigenous. Indigenous means: taxon that originated in the geographical area under consideration and that has developed naturally there without human contribution, or taxon that arrived there without human intervention (intentional or not) from an area in which it is indigenous. (NB: excluded hybrids of which at least one of the parents is introduced in the considered area). All taxa categorized as

present

Near threatened (species close to the threshold of threatened species or which could be threatened if specific conservation measures are not taken)
Maps
Leaflet Tiles © Esri — Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, TomTom, Intermap, iPC, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), i-cubed, USDA, AEX, GeoEye, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, UPR-EGPn and the GIS User Community
Valorization
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Citation
MNHN & OFB [Ed]. 2003-2025. Sheet of Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, 1766). Inventaire national du patrimoine naturel (INPN).
Website: https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/530157 - June 23, 2025