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 hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Larus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: grote burgemeester 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: glaucous gull sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: goéland bourgmestre 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: Eismöwe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Turkish: kutup martisi; kutup martısı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Welsh: gwylan y Gogledd

Literature

original description	Leem, K. (1767). Beskrivelse over Finmarkens Lapper: Om Finmarkens vilde firefødde Dyr og Fugle, samt Lappernes Maade at fange dem paa. Kjøbenhavn : Salikath. 181-294.
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	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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	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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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	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	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	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.