Belcher's Gull
Larus belcheriVigors, NA, 1829
English (US) Belcher's Gull
The Belcher's Gull (Larus belcheri) 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: western coast and islets of Humboldt Current of northern Peru to northern Chile; disperses to northern Ecuador and central ChileRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Larus belcheri
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Belcher's Gull
- Described by
- Vigors, NA, 1829
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Larus Belcheri
- Described by
- Vigors, NA, 1829
- Type locality
- No locality given.
- Original description
- The Zoological Journal 4, no.15 p.358
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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