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

Larus canus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

LarusLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Children

Larus canus heinei Homeyer, 1853

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: pulëbardha e përhimtë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Bokmål (Norwegian): fiskemåke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Bulgarian: Чайка буревестница sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: stormmåge sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: stormmeeuw 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: common gull; mew gull; ommon Gull 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.;UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English-United States: Common Gull; Mew Gull; ommon Gull sources: Charles Hussey;African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement
 French: goéland cendré 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: faoileán bán sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Galician: Faoileán bán
 German: Sturmmöwe 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: Θυελλόγλαρος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Irish: Faoileán bán sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 Israel (Hebrew): שחף אפרורי sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: gavina sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: paprastasis kiras sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: fiskemåke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: fiskemåke sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 136
 Norwegian Nynorsk: fiskemåse sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 136
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): fiskemåse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: mewa pospolita sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: pescăruşul sur sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: сизая чайка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Scottish: faoileán bán sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: sivi galeb sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: gaviota cana sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: fiskmås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: kucuk gumus Marti; küçük gümüş martı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Мартин сивий; Мартин сизий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: gwylan y gweunydd

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

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

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.

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (401 nucleotides; 289 proteins)
Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1089 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Larus canus 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:137141

Drs Cees Roselaar. Larus canus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96935

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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

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