bird · Charadriiformes · Laridae

Kelp Gull

Larus dominicanus M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823 — also called Dominican gull, Southern black-backed gull. Occurrence records of the Kelp Gull are shared on GBIF from around 120 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Garden Route National Park (11 696 records), in 4 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernLaridae

120reserves with records

75 791records around them

4provinces

LCIUCN category

Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) — Photo: Cláudio Dias Timm from Rio Grande do Sul · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Garden Route National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	11 696
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	7 313
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	5 299
Boulders Penguin ColonyGame reserve	WC Western Cape	2 776
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	2 490
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2 408
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2 406
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	1 886
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	1 885
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 822
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 792
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 773
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 578
Pledge Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 477
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 217
Lion's Head Hiking TrailNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 209
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 111
Tokai ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 102
DONKIN RESERVENature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	1 098
Settlers Park Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	1 073
Lower Guinea-Fowl TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	1 068
Hottentots-HollandProtected area	WC Western Cape	974
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	920
Seal IslandNature reserve	WC Western Cape	837
East London Coast Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	787
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	723
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	714
Tsitsikamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	708
Tsitsikamma National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	692
De Hoop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	580
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	575
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	562
Cape Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	488
Blaauwberg Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	485
Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	478
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	471
Fernkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	460
Wilderness National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	430
Robberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	422
Featherbed Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	406
Pauline Bohnen Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	390
SAS Saldanha Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	347
Malgas Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	347
Umhlanga LagoonProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	339
Cape Recife Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	332
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	328
Virginia Bush Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	291
Gonubie Mouth Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	291
Gonubie Bird Sanctuary NPOWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	291
Trafalgar Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	289
Agulhas National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	280
Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	279
Raapenberg Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	278
Paarl Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	270
Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	263
Jukani Predator ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	216
Burman BushProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	215
Umdoni Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	208
Woody Cape Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	206
Jock's BayNature reserve	WC Western Cape	205

and 60 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Western Cape: 80 reserves
Eastern Cape: 29 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 10 reserves
Northern Cape: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Scientific name: Larus dominicanus
GBIF taxon: 2481173
Wikidata: Q1127687

More of the Laridae family

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Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.