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Bonaparte's Gull

Chroicocephalus philadelphia(Ord, G, 1815)

English (US) Bonaparte's Gull

The Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Laridae (Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls) in the order Charadriiformes.

Range: breeds boreal forest zone from southwestern Alaska mainland across Canada to eastern Quebec (southeastern Canada); winters eastern North Pacific coast southward to west-central Mexico, inland southeastern USA, western North Atlantic coast and offshore Gulf Stream southward to the Bahamas and CubaRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Bonaparte's Gull
Described by
(Ord, G, 1815)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Sterna Philadelphia
Described by
(Ord, G, 1815)
Type locality
No locality = near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Original description
A new geographical, historical, and commercial grammar; and present state of the several kingdoms of the world. Second American ed. Vol. 2. ed.2(Am.), 2 p.319

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 105 species of the family Laridae