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

Larus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763
Larus armenicus Buturlin, 1934
Larus atricilla Linnaeus, 1758
Larus audouinii Payraudeau, 1826
Larus cachinnans Pallas, 1811
Larus canus Linnaeus, 1758
Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
Larus glaucoides Meyer, 1822
Larus heuglini Bree, 1876
Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767
Larus ichthyaetus Pallas, 1773
Larus icthyaetus Pallas, 1773
Larus leucophthalmus Temminck, 1825
Larus marinus Linnaeus, 1758
Larus michahellis J.F. Naumann, 1840
Larus philadelphia (Ord, 1815)
Larus pipixcan Wagler, 1813
Larus ridibundus Linnaeus, 1766
Larus roseus MacGillivray, 1842

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	Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
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.