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Slaty-backed Gull

SP
Larus schistisagus
큰재갈매기
Included in KBR checklist
Slaty-backed Gull
Original: ほくなん. This edit: MPF · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus), known in Korean as 큰재갈매기 has eligible documented records in 12 of South Korea's 17 first-level administrative regions in the current KoreAves evidence projection. The current supporting record sources are GBIF and EcoBank. These records document evidence coverage; regions without eligible records are not interpreted as biological absence, and the counts are not population or abundance estimates.

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Record sources 2 / 2

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Gangwon-do강원특별자치도Gyeonggi-do경기도Gyeongsangnam-do경상남도Gyeongsangbuk-do경상북도Busan부산광역시Seoul서울특별시Ulsan울산광역시Incheon인천광역시Jeollanam-do전라남도Jeonbuk-do전북특별자치도Jeju-do제주특별자치도Chungcheongnam-do충청남도
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Taxonomy context

Family Laridae

Family per AviList v2025b (CC BY 4.0) · Avibase record ↗ · Evidence snapshot 2026-10-04

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