Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Laridae > 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 (+) (-)

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

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

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

English-United States: Herring Gull sources: Charles Hussey

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.

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

Galician: Faoileán scadán

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

Irish: Faoileán scadán sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (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

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: Den danske atlas 1 p. 622

Norwegian Nynorsk: gråmåse sources: Den danske atlas 1 p. 622

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

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

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

Scottish: 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 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

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	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	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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	Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
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	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
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	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1585 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (741 nucleotides; 516 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137138

Drs Cees Roselaar. Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96938