American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianusCoues, E, 1862
English (US) American Herring Gull
The American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus) 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 northern and western Alaska eastward across subarctic Canada to Baffin Island and Newfoundland, southward on Pacific coast to southern British Columbia, eastward to inland northeastern USA and Atlantic coast southward to North Carolina; winters from Aleutian Islands southward on Pacific coast to Nayarit (western Mexico), Gulf coast, and inland to Honduras and northern CaribbeanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Larus smithsonianus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- American Herring Gull
- Described by
- Coues, E, 1862
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Larus Smithsonianus
- Described by
- Coues, E, 1862
- Type locality
- Eastern and western coasts of North America.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14 p.296
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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