This coastal gull is the ubiquitous gull species of tropical areas of the Americas, and also ranges abundantly into temperate climates along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of the United States. Its distribution on the Pacific coast is much less extensive, reaching uncommonly north only into southernmost California. The two summer records for British Columbia are therefore quite unexpected.
1.(1) immature (1st-summer); July 28, 1998; Iona Island, Vancouver
2.(1) adult; August 12, 2004; off Bowen Island, West Vancouver
Note Authors: Rick Toochin and Jamie Fenneman