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Franklin's gull
Leucophaeus pipixcan · Laridae
🐦 Bird134 regionsCommon in AlbertaLocation protected
Where it's found
Every region with Franklin's gull in its dex, with the tier and number it has there.
| Region | Tier | No. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Rare | #690 | |
| Australia | Rare | #770 | Introduced |
| Belgium | Rare | #437 | |
| Belize | Rare | #345 | |
| Brazil | Rare | #1504 | |
| Canada | Uncommon | #507 | |
| Cayman Islands | Rare | #121 | |
| Chile | Common | #347 | |
| Colombia | Rare | #1360 | |
| Costa Rica | Rare | #610 | |
| Cuba | Rare | #189 | |
| Ecuador | Uncommon | #981 | |
| El Salvador | Uncommon | #309 | |
| Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | Rare | #093 | |
| France | Rare | #512 | |
| Germany | Rare | #524 | |
| Guatemala | Uncommon | #446 | |
| Honduras | Rare | #431 | |
| Iceland | Rare | #220 | |
| Mexico | Uncommon | #964 | |
| Namibia | Legendary | #522 | |
| Nicaragua | Uncommon | #390 | |
| Norway | Rare | #384 | |
| Panama | Uncommon | #604 | |
| Peru | Common | #1077 | |
| Portugal | Rare | #430 | |
| Puerto Rico | Rare | #187 | |
| Senegal | Rare | #422 | |
| South Africa | Rare | #765 | |
| Spain | Rare | #536 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Rare | #274 | |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Rare | #486 | |
| United States of America | Uncommon | #941 | |
| Uruguay | Rare | #311 | |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Legendary | #707 | |
| Alabama | Rare | #268 | |
| Alaska | Rare | #327 | |
| Alberta | Common | #130 | |
| Arizona | Uncommon | #382 | |
| Arkansas | Rare | #252 | |
| British Columbia | Uncommon | #368 | |
| California | Uncommon | #508 | |
| Colorado | Uncommon | #366 | |
| Connecticut | Rare | #264 | |
| Delaware | Legendary | #233 | |
| Florida | Rare | #358 | |
| Georgia | Rare | #276 | |
| Hawaii | Rare | #167 | |
| Idaho | Uncommon | #273 | |
| Illinois | Rare | #270 | |
| Indiana | Rare | #248 | |
| Iowa | Uncommon | #249 | |
| Kansas | Common | #277 | |
| Kentucky | Rare | #241 | |
| Louisiana | Rare | #275 | |
| Maine | Legendary | #277 | |
| Manitoba | Common | #251 | |
| Maryland | Rare | #278 | |
| Massachusetts | Rare | #305 | |
| Michigan | Rare | #285 | |
| Minnesota | Uncommon | #282 | |
| Mississippi | Rare | #250 | |
| Missouri | Uncommon | #250 | |
| Montana | Uncommon | #296 | |
| Nebraska | Common | #289 | |
| Nevada | Uncommon | #302 | |
| New Brunswick | Rare | #246 | |
| New Jersey | Rare | #283 | |
| New Mexico | Uncommon | #368 | |
| New York | Rare | #334 | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Rare | #231 | |
| North Carolina | Rare | #288 | |
| North Dakota | Common | #236 | |
| Northwest Territories | Rare | #175 | |
| Nova Scotia | Rare | #282 | |
| Ohio | Rare | #286 | |
| Oklahoma | Common | #288 | |
| Ontario | Rare | #319 | |
| Oregon | Uncommon | #362 | |
| Pennsylvania | Rare | #281 | |
| Québec | Rare | #293 | |
| Saskatchewan | Common | #239 | |
| South Carolina | Legendary | #263 | |
| South Dakota | Common | #272 | |
| Tennessee | Rare | #262 | |
| Texas | Uncommon | #462 | |
| Utah | Common | #318 | |
| Virginia | Rare | #306 | |
| Washington | Rare | #341 | |
| Wisconsin | Rare | #284 | |
| Wyoming | Uncommon | #273 | |
| Yukon | Rare | #196 | |
| Aruba | Rare | #131 | Vagrant |
| Bahamas | Rare | #167 | Vagrant |
| Barbados | Rare | #090 | Vagrant |
| Bermuda | Rare | #144 | Vagrant |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Rare | #792 | Vagrant |
| Chinese Taipei | Rare | #495 | Vagrant · Introduced |
| Croatia | Rare | #285 | Vagrant |
| Cyprus | Rare | #222 | Vagrant |
| Dominican Republic | Rare | #156 | Vagrant |
| Egypt | Rare | #224 | Vagrant |
| Ethiopia | Rare | #518 | Vagrant |
| Faroe Islands | Rare | #152 | Vagrant |
| Finland | Rare | #323 | Vagrant |
| French Guiana | Rare | #543 | Vagrant |
| Grenada | Rare | #083 | Vagrant |
| Guadeloupe | Rare | #166 | Vagrant |
| Guyana | Rare | #406 | Vagrant |
| Hong Kong | Rare | #344 | Vagrant · Introduced |
| Ireland | Rare | #306 | Vagrant |
| Israel | Rare | #314 | Vagrant |
| Italy | Rare | #406 | Vagrant |
| Malta | Rare | #158 | Vagrant |
| Mauritania | Rare | #236 | Vagrant |
| Morocco | Rare | #240 | Vagrant |
| Mozambique | Rare | #458 | Vagrant |
| Netherlands | Rare | #375 | Vagrant |
| Paraguay | Rare | #388 | Vagrant |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Rare | #042 | Vagrant |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Rare | #174 | Vagrant |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Rare | #090 | Vagrant |
| Seychelles | Rare | #109 | Vagrant |
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | Rare | #067 | Vagrant |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Rare | #145 | Vagrant |
| Sweden | Rare | #410 | Vagrant |
| Switzerland | Rare | #358 | Vagrant |
| Tunisia | Rare | #170 | Vagrant |
| District of Columbia | Rare | #181 | Vagrant |
| New Hampshire | Rare | #258 | Vagrant |
| Prince Edward Island | Rare | #179 | Vagrant |
| Rhode Island | Rare | #236 | Vagrant |
| Vermont | Rare | #235 | Vagrant |
| West Virginia | Rare | #218 | Vagrant |
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Field notes
What to look for
A small, neat gull with a black hood, white eye crescents and a pink-flushed breast in spring; flocks follow ploughs.
Where
Prairie marshes in huge colonies; feeds over fields and city parks.
When
April to September.
Tips
The only black-hooded gull that is common here. Bonaparte's gull is smaller with a black bill and lives further north.
Related species
Birds near it in Alberta's dex.
🐦Wilson's Snipe
#129 · Common🐦Ring-billed Gull
#131 · Common🐦Spotted Sandpiper
#128 · Common🐦California Gull
#132 · Common🐦Wilson's Phalarope
#127 · Uncommon🐦Black Tern
#133 · Uncommon
#129 · Common🐦Ring-billed Gull
#131 · Common🐦Spotted Sandpiper
#128 · Common🐦California Gull
#132 · Common🐦Wilson's Phalarope
#127 · Uncommon🐦Black Tern
#133 · Uncommon
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