Avibase: Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Black-headed Gull)

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, C 1766)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	David Darrell-Lambert	2016-03-13	West Thurrock Marshes, Thurrock, England, Thurrock (United Kingdom) (0 m)	call - [sono]	1033305 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Albert Noorlander	2020-03-01	IJsselstein, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Utrecht (Netherlands) (0 m)	call, sex uncertain - Small flock. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	531060 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	FREDERIC Lionel	2024-12-13	Arrondissement d'Orléans (near Bou), Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, Loiret (France) (100 m)	flight call, acrobatic flight - [sono]	954801 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Francesco Sottile	2024-08-06	Lesina, Provincia di Foggia, Puglia, Foggia (Italy) (0 m)	call, flight call - [also] [sono]	925694 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	jesus carrion	2020-06-23	Marjal dels Moros (Sagunt), Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia (Spain) (0 m)	flight call - Laguna con vegetación palustre y Tamarix. bird-seen:no playback-used:no	571533 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	David Darrell-Lambert	2026-05-16	Cheshunt GP, Hertfordshire, England, Hertfordshire (United Kingdom) (20 m)	call, displaying - [sono]	1136020 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	David Tattersley	2022-03-23	Great Britain (near Huddersfield), West Yorkshire, England, West Yorkshire (former county) (United Kingdom) (150 m)	life stage uncertain, nocturnal flight call, sex uncertain - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	710641 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Bosco Dies / BirdingAlbufera	2024-05-26	Devesa de L'Albufera, Valencia, Valencia (Spain) (0 m)	nocturnal flight call - [sono]	906720 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	David Darrell-Lambert	2012-01-09	Kensington Garden, London, England, Westminster (United Kingdom) (20 m)	call - [sono]	1033269 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Susanne Kuijpers	2022-07-25	Berkel en Rodenrijs, Lansingerland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (Netherlands) (0 m)	adult, call, flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	739025 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	David Darrell-Lambert	2012-03-22	Two Tree Island, Southend-on-Sea, England, Essex (United Kingdom) (10 m)	call - [sono]	1033270 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Frank Lambert	2019-05-31	Boon Tsagaan Lake, Baatsagaan, Bayankhongor, Bayanhongor (Mongolia) (1300 m)	flight call, second year bird - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	481555 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Irish Wildlife Sounds	2021-02-21	Ireland (near Cobh), Cork, County Cork, Cork (Ireland) (30 m)	call - Calls from a small group of birds foraging on the edge of a muddy shoreline. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	623913 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	julien Rochefort	2016-03-24	Jaulnes, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, Seine-et-Marne (France) (50 m)	call, flight call - 2 birds in flight. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	309198 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Ruslan Mazuryk	2018-04-08	Medyn, Pidvolochys'kyi district, Ternopil's'ka oblast, Ternopil' (Ukraine) (? m)	call, female, flight call, male - bird-seen:yes	409978 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Susanne Kuijpers	2023-07-08	Berkel en Rodenrijs, Lansingerland, Zuid-Holland, Berkel en Rodenrijs (former) (Netherlands) (0 m)	call - [sono]	814991 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Simon Elliott	2005-05-12	near Allenheads, Northumberland, England, Northumberland (United Kingdom) (460 m)	alarm call - alarm call in flight to ground predator (recordist) near nesting colony	792500 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Paul Driver	2023-06-10	Fishers Green, Lea Valley Park, Hertfordshire (United Kingdom) (20 m)	call - breeding colony	811695 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	David Tattersley	2022-03-14	Great Britain (near Huddersfield), West Yorkshire, England, West Yorkshire (former county) (United Kingdom) (150 m)	nocturnal flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	709271 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Albert Lastukhin	2014-07-13	Novocheboksarsk, gorod Novocheboksarsk, Chuvash Republic, Chuvashia, Republic of (Russian Federation) (60 m)	call, flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	187180 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Nelson Conceição	2019-12-04	Santa Maria (near Tavira), Tavira, Faro, Alcoutim (Portugal) (0 m)	call - Recorder: Zoom H1n. Windscreen: Zoom WSU-1 Editing: Audacity (High-pass filter 500Hz/6dB, sound normalized to -3dB). bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	510561 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	BirdingAlbufera	2024-04-16	Devesa de L'Albufera, Valencia, Valencia (Spain) (0 m)	nocturnal flight call - [sono]	897312 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	David Darrell-Lambert	2019-06-12	Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk, Suffolk (United Kingdom) (0 m)	call - [sono]	1033345 xeno-canto.org
Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Sean Ronayne	2020-01-04	Estany d'Ivars-Vilasana, El Pla d'Urgell, Catalunya, Lérida (Spain) (240 m)	call - playback-used:no	518424 xeno-canto.org

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