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 canus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Larus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Children

Larus canus heinei Homeyer, 1853

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: pulëbardha e përhimtë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Чайка буревестница sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: stormmåge sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: stormmeeuw 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: common gull; mew gull sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.;van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

French: goéland cendré 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: Sturmmöwe sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Greek: Θυελλόγλαρος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: שחף אפרורי sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: gavina sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: カモメ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: paprastasis kiras sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: fiskemåke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: fiskemåke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: fiskemåse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: mewa pospolita sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: pescăruşul sur sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: сизая чайка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: faoileán bán sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: sivi galeb sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: gaviota cana sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: fiskmås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kucuk gumus Marti; küçük gümüş martı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Мартин сивий; Мартин сизий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gwylan y gweunydd

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	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	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	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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.