Silver gull

Silver gull
Adult C. n. novaehollandiae, Tasmania
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Laridae
Genus:	Chroicocephalus
Species:	C. novaehollandiae
Binomial name
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826)
Subspecies
C. n. forsteri (Mathews, 1912) C. n. novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) C. n. scopulinus (Forster, JR, 1844)

The silver gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) is the most common gull of Australia. It has been found throughout the continent, but particularly at or near coastal areas. It is smaller than the Pacific gull (Larus pacificus), which also lives in Australia.

The silver gull should not be confused with the herring gull, which is called "silver gull" in many other languages (scientific name Larus argentatus, German Silbermöwe, French Goéland argenté, Dutch zilvermeeuw), but is a much larger, robust gull with no overlap in range.