Dolphin Gull
Leucophaeus scoresbii(Traill, TS, 1823)
English (US) Dolphin Gull
The Dolphin Gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii) 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 of southern Chile, Argentina, and Falkland Islands; some move north on coastsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Leucophaeus scoresbii
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Dolphin Gull
- Described by
- (Traill, TS, 1823)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Larus Scoresbii
- Described by
- (Traill, TS, 1823)
- Type locality
- South Shetland Islands.
- Original description
- Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 4, pt.2 p.514 pl.6 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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