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 argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Larus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Children

Larus argentatus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: zilvermeeuw 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: European herring gull; herring gull sources: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.8).;Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.

French: goéland argenté 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: Silbermöwe 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: Ασημόγλαρος του Βορρά sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Italian: gabbiano reale nordico sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Turkish: kuzey gumus marti; kuzey gümüş martı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Мартин сріблястий; Сріблястий мартин sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gwylan y penwaig

Literature

original description	Pontoppidan, E. (1763). Den Danske atlas eller Konge-Riget Dannemark, med dets naturlige egenskaber, elementer, indbyggere, værter, dyr og andre affødninger, dets gamle tildragelser og nærværende omstændingheder i alle provintzer, stæder, kirker, slotte og herre-gaarde. Forestillet ved en udførlig lands-beskrivelse, saa og oplyst med dertil forfærdigede land-kort over enhver provintz, samt ziret med stædernes prospecter, grund-ridser, og andre merkværdige kaabber-stykker. Efter Søy-kongelig allernaadigst befalning. 1: 1-723.
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	Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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	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	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	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.