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 marinus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Larus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bulgarian: Голяма черногърба чайка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Dutch: grote mantelmeeuw 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: great black-backed gull; greater black-backed gull sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp.

French: goéland marin 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.

German: Mantelmöwe 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: Γιγαντόγλαρος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Icelandic: svartbakur sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Turkish: buyuk karasirtli marti; büyük karasırtlı martı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Welsh: gwylan gefnddu fwyaf

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	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.
additional source	Vanderperren, J.-P. (1991). Report Natural History Archive 1990 [Verslag Natuurhistorisch Archief 1990]. De Strandvlo. 11(3): 65-75.
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	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.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
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.