Black-tailed Gull
Larus crassirostrisVieillot, LJP, 1818
English (US) Black-tailed Gull
The Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) 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 coasts and islets of eastern Siberia to Kuril Islands (southeastern Russia), Hokkaido and Honshu (northern and central Japan), Korean Peninsula, eastern China, and Matsu Island (off Taiwan); winters to southward, some reaching southern Vietnam and PhilippinesRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Larus crassirostris
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-tailed Gull
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1818
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1818
- Type locality
- Nagasaki, Japan, ex pi. 57 of Krusenstern's Voyage.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 21 p.508
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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