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 fuscus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

LarusLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Children

Larus fuscus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
Larus fuscus graellsii Brehm, 1857

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bulgarian: Малка черногърба чайка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: sildemåge sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: kleine mantelmeeuw 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.
 English: lesser black-backed gull; Scandinavian lesser black-backed gull sources: Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 French: goéland brun; goéland de la Balqitue 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: Heringsmöwe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Μελανόγλαρος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: שחף שחור sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: zafferano sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Japanese: ニシセグロカモメ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Lithuanian: silkinis kiras sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: sildemåke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: sildemåke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: sildemåse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: mewa żółtonoga sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: pescăruşul negricios sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: клуша sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Scottish Gaelic: droimneach beag sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: rjavi galeb sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: gaviota sombría sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: silltrut sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: karasirtli marti; karasırtlı martı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Мартин чорнокрилий; Чорнокрилий мартин sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: gwylan gefnddu leiaf

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

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.

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

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

additional source

Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.

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

Vanderperren, J.-P. (1991). Report Natural History Archive 1990 [Verslag Natuurhistorisch Archief 1990]. De Strandvlo. 11(3): 65-75.

additional source

Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.

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

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 fuscus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137142

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ede632fd-86e3-4681-bf7c-366942707c95

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, terrestrial

Importance

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2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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