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 atricilla Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Larus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: lachmeeuw sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: laughing gull sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: mouette atricille 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: Aztekenmöwe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Turkish: gülen martı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: мартин-реготун sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gwylan chwerthinog

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.
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	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	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	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
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.