NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Black-billed Gull
Chroicocephalus bulleri (F. W. Hutton, 1871)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Black billed gull at Lake Dunstan, Cromwell, New Zealand.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The black-billed gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri), also called Buller's gull or tarāpuka (Māori), is a Near Threatened species of gull in the family Laridae. This gull is found only in New Zealand, its ancestors having arrived from Australia around 250,000 years ago.
Wikipedia contributors, Black-billed gull; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:12:17.495681+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Chroicocephalus bulleri (F. W. Hutton, 1871)
- Name authority
- (F. W. Hutton, 1871)
- Common name
- Black-billed Gull
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Chroicocephalus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderCharadriiformes
- familyLaridae
- genusChroicocephalus Eyton, 1836
- speciesChroicocephalus bulleri (F. W. Hutton, 1871)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Chroicocephalus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus (Jerdon, 1840) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-hooded GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus (Vieillot, 1818) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, 1766) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andean GullChroicocephalus serranus (Tschudi, 1844) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-hooded GullChroicocephalus maculipennis (M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia (Ord, 1815) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii (Bruch, 1855) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Saunders's GullChroicocephalus saundersi Swinhoe, 1871 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei (Brème, 1839) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Larus bulleri F. W. Hutton, 1871 F. W. Hutton, 1871 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=824034 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5YGFD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.