Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLinnaeus, C, 1758
English (US) Great Black-backed Gull
The Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 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 North Atlantic coasts, from southern Greenland and Iceland to Svalbard and Baltic states, and coastal and inland northeastern Canada to Great Lakes and Atlantic coast southward to New Jersey; winters to coastal southwestern Europe and coastal FloridaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Larus marinus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
- Type locality
- Europe, restricted type locality = Gotland, Sweden.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.136
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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