Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Laroidea > Family Laridae > Subfamily Larinae > Genus Larus

Larus pipixcan Wagler, 1813

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

LarusLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: præriemåge sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: Franklins meeuw sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: Franklin's Gull; Franklin's gull sources: Charles Hussey;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 French: mouette de Franklin sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
 German: Präriemöwe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: prerijinis kiras sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: Franklinmåke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: franklinmåke; Franklinmåke sources: Isis 24 col. 515;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: franklinmåse; Franklinmåse sources: Isis 24 col. 515;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: mewa preriowa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: чайка франклинова sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: prerijski galeb sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: gaviota pipizcán sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: präriemås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: Franklin martısı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: gwylan Franklin

Literature

basis of record

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.

additional source

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

additional source

Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.

additional source

Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.

additional source

King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.

additional source

Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.

additional source

Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.

additional source

Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.

additional source

Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Larus pipixcan Wagler, 1813. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159077

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Larus pipixcan Wagler, 1813. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/a3859f0e-8b8b-45df-9338-f101a4d3b5ed

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, terrestrial

Importance

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2011-04-27 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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