Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Heermann's Gull

Larus heermanni

Spanish: Gaviota Plomiza

Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni)
Photographed by aleskander on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

The Heermann's gull (Larus heermanni) is a gull resident in the United States, Mexico and extreme southwestern British Columbia, nearly all nesting on Isla Rasa in the Gulf of California. They are usually found near shores or well out to sea, very rarely inland. The species is named after Adolphus Lewis Heermann, nineteenth-century explorer and naturalist. Most often recorded in Jul.

TaxonomyAves › Charadriiformes › Laridae
IUCN statusNear Threatened (NT)
Local records2 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records26,133 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2019 – 2026
Months recorded near La Saladita
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Cite as: “Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/larus-heermanni/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.