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 delawarensis Ord, 1815

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

LarusLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: ringnæbbet måge sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: ringsnavelmeeuw sources: Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.
 English: ring-billed gull sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 French: goéland à bec cerclé 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: ringschnabelmöwe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: žiedasnapis kiras sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: ringnebbmåke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: ringnebbmåse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: mewa delawarska sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: чайка делавэрская sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: progastokljuni galeb sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: gaviota de Delaware sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: ringnäbbad mås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: kuzey gümüş martı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: делаверский мартин; Мартин делаверский sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: gwylan fodrwybig

Literature

original description

Ord, G. (1815). North American Zoology. In: Guthrie, W., A New Geographical, Historical and Commercial Grammar: Philadelphia, Johnson and Warner. 2: 290-361.

basis of record

Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 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

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

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

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

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

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

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

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

additional source

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

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148797

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/25f5ed60-edb8-4289-923f-64b562648eea

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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