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Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
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BirdsIn Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Ring-billed Gull

Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815

Ring-billed Gull in all of Ohio
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Larus
Near Cuyahoga County

Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 0 of Ohio's 88 counties. Its mapped range covers 88. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (0)
  • Within its mapped range (30)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (43)
  • Recorded, season not shown (15)
  • Season shown (0)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Range: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Species Range Maps CONUS_2001 (2018). Show as a table
Counties as a table
Ring-billed Gull by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecordsIn mapped range
Adams CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Allen CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Ashland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Ashtabula County31 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round, migration
Athens CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Auglaize CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Belmont CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Brown CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Butler CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Carroll CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Champaign CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Clark CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Clermont County37 · Recorded, season not shownYes: migration
Clinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Columbiana CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Coshocton CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Crawford CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Cuyahoga County335 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round, migration
Darke CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Defiance CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round, migration
Delaware CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Erie County79 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Fairfield CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Fayette CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Franklin County34 · Recorded, season not shownYes: migration
Fulton CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Gallia CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Geauga CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round, migration
Greene CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Guernsey CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Hamilton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Hancock CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round, migration
Hardin CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Harrison CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Henry CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Highland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Hocking CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Holmes CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Huron CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round, migration
Jackson CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Jefferson CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Knox CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Lake County93 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Lawrence CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Licking CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Logan County37 · Recorded, season not shownYes: migration
Lorain County87 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round, migration
Lucas County119 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Madison CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Mahoning CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Marion CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Medina County20 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round, migration
Meigs CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Mercer CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Miami CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Monroe CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Montgomery County28 · Recorded, season not shownYes: migration
Morgan CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Morrow CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Muskingum CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Noble CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Ottawa County53 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Paulding CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Perry CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Pickaway CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Pike CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Portage CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Preble CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Richland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Ross CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Sandusky CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Scioto CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Seneca CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round, migration
Shelby CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Stark County30 · Recorded, season not shownYes: migration
Summit County107 · Recorded, season not shownYes: migration
Trumbull CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Tuscarawas CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Union CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Van Wert CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Vinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Warren County37 · Recorded, season not shownYes: migration
Washington CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Wayne CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Williams CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Wood CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Wyandot CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration

Season

When it is recorded

In Cuyahoga County

Recorded all year

Recorded through most of the year, so there is no single season to show. Based on 335 records in 9 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Cuyahoga County · records of all species each week, 92,154 in all

Records per week from 335 records in 9 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

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Records of Ring-billed Gull in Cuyahoga County each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Ring-billed GullYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–1094468
Jan 11–17144502
Jan 18–2485393
Jan 25–31124380
Feb 1–784590
Feb 8–1474504
Feb 15–2121455
Feb 22–2883583
Mar 1–764567
Mar 8–1464750
Mar 15–21154819
Mar 22–28123780
Mar 29 – Apr 4111,014
Apr 5–11421,655
Apr 12–18852,306
Apr 19–25631,857
Apr 26 – May 21254,135
May 3–9642,830
May 10–16952,640
May 17–23222,938
May 24–30542,903
May 31 – Jun 6112,621
Jun 7–13542,326
Jun 14–20222,465
Jun 21–27332,426
Jun 28 – Jul 4632,632
Jul 5–111052,765
Jul 12–18322,898
Jul 19–25422,860
Jul 26 – Aug 1952,736
Aug 2–8323,021
Aug 9–15742,627
Aug 16–22442,732
Aug 23–29322,388
Aug 30 – Sep 5423,076
Sep 6–12223,578
Sep 13–19943,735
Sep 20–26223,328
Sep 27 – Oct 3422,834
Oct 4–10322,275
Oct 11–17211,937
Oct 18–24111,181
Oct 25–31521,172
Nov 1–7113893
Nov 8–14155854
Nov 15–2141485
Nov 22–2832552
Nov 29 – Dec 574448
Dec 6–12134498
Dec 13–19104458
Dec 20–2683575
Dec 27 – Jan 2123709

In Ohio

Recorded all year

Recorded through most of the year, so there is no single season to show. Based on 2,324 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 2,324 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

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Records of Ring-billed Gull in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Ring-billed GullYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–105096,211
Jan 11–175475,146
Jan 18–242284,645
Jan 25–314274,698
Feb 1–74886,023
Feb 8–144195,888
Feb 15–212265,436
Feb 22–2839106,846
Mar 1–72478,321
Mar 8–1447810,384
Mar 15–2146912,620
Mar 22–2835813,949
Mar 29 – Apr 427819,661
Apr 5–1129826,860
Apr 12–1829939,925
Apr 19–2532741,623
Apr 26 – May 241956,391
May 3–925652,952
May 10–1646953,785
May 17–2337757,698
May 24–3023854,651
May 31 – Jun 622553,099
Jun 7–1322653,700
Jun 14–2013756,625
Jun 21–2715755,361
Jun 28 – Jul 426758,477
Jul 5–1115661,336
Jul 12–1831764,722
Jul 19–2549869,753
Jul 26 – Aug 1471059,416
Aug 2–837959,712
Aug 9–1545855,994
Aug 16–22581054,328
Aug 23–29541051,772
Aug 30 – Sep 556957,167
Sep 6–12791059,075
Sep 13–1975954,543
Sep 20–2682945,860
Sep 27 – Oct 342843,180
Oct 4–1046937,841
Oct 11–1766930,824
Oct 18–2441821,156
Oct 25–3153819,021
Nov 1–7641014,172
Nov 8–14106812,621
Nov 15–215897,965
Nov 22–284988,136
Nov 29 – Dec 56786,083
Dec 6–124986,004
Dec 13–197495,423
Dec 20–266595,661
Dec 27 – Jan 25998,459

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Relatives

In the same genus

Other Larus recorded in Cuyahoga County

American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusGlaucous GullLarus hyperboreusGreat Black-backed GullLarus marinusIceland GullLarus glaucoidesLesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus

Identification

How to identify it

Often confused with

  • American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianusOften confused in Ohio: 40 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla272 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus114 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus69 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides52 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Developed51%49%
Open water34%3%
Barren9%0.6%
Wetland2%5%
Farmland2%11%
Grassland and shrub2%0.9%
Forest0.9%31%

From 758 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
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Records behind the Ohio result

2,324 records from 2 datasets.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.