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 philadelphia (Ord, 1815)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

LarusLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Species group names

Sterna philadelphia Ord, 1815 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: kleine kokmeeuw sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: Bonaparte's Gull; Bonaparte's gull sources: Charles Hussey;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 French: mouette de Bonaparte 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: Bonapartemöwe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Japanese: ボナパルトカモメ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Lithuanian: Bonaparto kiras sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: mewa kanadyjska sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: чайка бонапартова sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: ameriški rečni galeb sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: gaviota de Bonaparte sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: trädmås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: Bonaparte martısı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Мартин Бонапартів sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: gwylan Bonaparte

Literature

basis of record

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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.

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

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.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Larus philadelphia (Ord, 1815). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159076

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Larus philadelphia (Ord, 1815). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7998ce6a-6b44-45ac-8aec-bba957665520

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, terrestrial

Importance

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2016-08-11 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Mark Tasker

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