Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls
Caspian Gull
Larus cachinnans
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls (Laridae)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Overview
The Caspian gull (Larus cachinnans) is a large gull and a member of the herring and lesser black-backed gull complex. The scientific name is from Latin. Larus appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird, and cachinnans means 'laughing', from cachinnare 'to laugh'.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds inland southern Poland and Hungary eastward through Black, Caspian, and Aral seas to eastern Kazakhstan; winters southeastern Europe, Black Sea, eastern Mediterranean, Persian Gulf, and northern Arabian Sea.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Continents
Countries
- Albania
- Algeria
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Burundi
- Cape Verde
- China
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Finland
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Somalia
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Yemen
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Caspian gull
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
