- Conservation status
- In some trouble
The red-billed gull is here, squawking onto the Bird of the Year stage for another year. Dapper, roguishly charming, notorious for their criminal tendencies – red-bills are the John Dillinger or the Captain Jack Sparrow of the New Zealand bird world. They're a familiar sight to a lot of us New Zealanders, but many are unaware of the problems red-billed gulls actually face. It's high time these unfairly maligned seabirds got the love and attention they deserve.
Campaign Manager
Libby Manning
The red-billed gull is a bird we've all seen, but few know the plight of. Many of us know them as common characters on our coastlines with piercing screams, and ability to snipe hot chips from unsuspecting beach-goers. However, red-billed gulls are suffering massive declines in their major breeding colonies throughout New Zealand. It's a scary thought that one day our coastlines may no longer be blessed by the screams of our most stylish native gull species! Put on some red lippy and your finest pair of red boots and vote Tarāpunga for Bird of the Year 2024! #TarapungaBOTY #RedBilledGullBOTY
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