Mongolian Gull
Larus mongolicusSushkin, PP, 1925
English (US) Mongolian Gull
The Mongolian Gull (Larus mongolicus) 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 Altai Republic to Lake Baikal (south-central Russia) and Mongolia, Lake Khanka (Heilongjiang, northeastern China), and Yellow Sea islands (western Korean Peninsula); winters mostly to coastal wetlands of Japan, Korean Peninsula, eastern China, and TaiwanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Larus mongolicus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Mongolian Gull
- Described by
- Sushkin, PP, 1925
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Larus argentatus mongolicus
- Described by
- Sushkin, PP, 1925
- Type locality
- Uriug-nor, northwestern Mongolia.
- Original description
- Spisok i raspredelenie ptits Russkogo Altaia i blizhaishikh chastei Severo-Zapadnoi Mongolii: s opisaniem novykh ili maloizvestnykh form p.63
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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