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The kelp gull is a rare vagrant to the United States, with the first record in 1989 on [[Chandeleur Islands]] in [[Louisiana]]. They have interbred with [[American herring gull]] on these islands, leading to intermediate birds that may backcross to one another. After [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005, breeding populations of the two species and their hybrids were displaced from the island, though putative hybrids have been reported elsewhere and may be the result of other offshore colonies.[{{Cite web|last=Ayyash|first=Amar|title=Another Presumed Chandeleur Gull in Indiana|url=http://www.anythinglarus.com/2013/10/another-presumed-chandeleur-gull-in.html|access-date=2021-08-23|language=en|archive-date=2021-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823082012/http://www.anythinglarus.com/2013/10/another-presumed-chandeleur-gull-in.html|url-status=live}}] In 2025, a kelp gull was found living on the roof of a warehouse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Paul A. |title=Kelp gull in Milwaukee, the first recorded in Wisconsin, has the birding world buzzing |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/outdoors/2025/06/18/birding-world-buzzing-over-kelp-gull-in-milwaukee/84243040007/ |access-date=2025-08-15 |website=Journal Sentinel |language=en-US}}] |
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The kelp gull is a rare vagrant to the United States, with the first record in 1989 on [[Chandeleur Islands]] in [[Louisiana]]. They have interbred with [[American herring gull]] on these islands, leading to intermediate birds that may backcross to one another. After [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005, breeding populations of the two species and their hybrids were displaced from the island, though putative hybrids have been reported elsewhere and may be the result of other offshore colonies.[{{Cite web|last=Ayyash|first=Amar|title=Another Presumed Chandeleur Gull in Indiana|url=http://www.anythinglarus.com/2013/10/another-presumed-chandeleur-gull-in.html|access-date=2021-08-23|language=en|archive-date=2021-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823082012/http://www.anythinglarus.com/2013/10/another-presumed-chandeleur-gull-in.html|url-status=live}}] In 2025, a kelp gull was found living on the roof of a warehouse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As of April 2026, this bird has apparently returned to the same site. [{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Paul A. |title=Kelp gull in Milwaukee, the first recorded in Wisconsin, has the birding world buzzing |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/outdoors/2025/06/18/birding-world-buzzing-over-kelp-gull-in-milwaukee/84243040007/ |access-date=2025-08-15 |website=Journal Sentinel |language=en-US}}] |
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