Short-billed Gull
Larus brachyrhynchusRichardson, J, 1831
English (US) Short-billed Gull
The Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus) 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 Alaska mainland eastward to northwestern Alberta and southward to southwestern British Columbia (southwestern Canada); winters Pacific coast from southern British Columbia southward to northwestern Baja California (northwestern Mexico)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Larus brachyrhynchus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Short-billed Gull
- Described by
- Richardson, J, 1831
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Richardson, J, 1831
- Type locality
- Great Bear Lake.
- Original description
- American Ornithology or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States: by Alexander Wilson and Charles Lucien Bonaparte 4 p.352
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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