Glaucous-winged Gull
Larus glaucescensNaumann, JF, 1840
English (US) Glaucous-winged Gull
The Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens) 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 coastal North Pacific from eastern Siberia, Kamchatka, Kuril and Commander islands (eastern Russia) eastward through Aleutian and Pribilof islands, and southwestern Alaska to northern Washington; winters to Japan and northwestern MexicoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Larus glaucescens
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Glaucous-winged Gull
- Described by
- Naumann, JF, 1840
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Naumann, JF, 1840
- Type locality
- North America.
- Original description
- Naturgeschichte der Vögel Deutschlands, nach eigenen Erfahrungen entworfen : Durchaus umgearbeit, systematisch geordnet, sehr vermehrt, vervollständigt, und mit getreu nach der Natur eigenhändig gezeichneten und gestochenen Abbildungen aller deutschen Vögel, nebst ihren Hauptverschiedenheiten 10 p.351
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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