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

Larus atricilla Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

LarusLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bokmål (Norwegian): lattermåke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: lattermåge sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: lachmeeuw sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: laughing gull sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 English-United States: Laughing Gull sources: Charles Hussey
 French: mouette atricille 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: Aztekenmöwe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Αζτεκόγλαρος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: karibinis kiras sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: lattermåke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: lattermåke sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 136
 Norwegian Nynorsk: lattermåse sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 136
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): lattermåse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: mewa karaibska sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: смеющаяся чайка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: azteški galeb sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: gaviota guanaguanare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: sotvingad mås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: gülen martı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: мартин-реготун sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: gwylan chwerthinog

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.

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

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

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.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (50 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (662 publications)
Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Larus atricilla 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:159074

Drs Cees Roselaar. Larus atricilla Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96927

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159074
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96927

Last modified

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

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