Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Laridae > Genus Larus

Larus marinus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Larus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Bulgarian: Голяма черногърба чайка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Dutch: grote mantelmeeuw sources: 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.

English: great black-backed gull; greater black-backed gull sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp.

English-United States: Great Black-backed Gull sources: Charles Hussey

French: goéland marin 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.

Gaelic: droimneach mór sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Droimneach mór

German: Mantelmöwe 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: Γιγαντόγλαρος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Icelandic: svartbakur sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

Irish: Droimneach mór sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): שחף ימי sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: mugnaiaccio sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: svartbak sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 136

Norwegian Nynorsk: svartbak sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 136

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

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

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

Scottish: droimneach mór sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

Turkish: buyuk karasirtli marti; büyük karasırtlı martı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Мартин морський sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gwylan gefnddu fwyaf

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
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	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	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	Vanderperren, J.-P. (1991). Report Natural History Archive 1990 [Verslag Natuurhistorisch Archief 1990]. De Strandvlo 11(3): 65-75
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

Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1224 publications)
GenBank (81 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Larus marinus Linnaeus, 1758. 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:137146

Drs Cees Roselaar. Larus marinus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96944