WoRMS taxon details
Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763
137138 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137138)
accepted
Species
- Subspecies Larus argentatus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763
- Subspecies Larus argentatus argenteus Brehm, 1822
- Subspecies Larus argentatus michaellis (J.F. Naumann, 1840) accepted as Larus michahellis J.F. Naumann, 1840
- Subspecies Larus argentatus mongolicus Sushkin, 1925 accepted as Larus vegae mongolicus Sushkin, 1925
- Subspecies Larus argentatus smithsonianus Coues, 1862 accepted as Larus smithsonianus Coues, 1862 (rank change)
marine, terrestrial
Pontoppidan, E. (1763). Den Danske atlas eller Konge-Riget Dannemark, med dets naturlige egenskaber, elementer, indbyggere, værter, dyr og andre affødninger, dets gamle tildragelser og nærværende omstændingheder i alle provintzer, stæder, kirker, slotte og herre-gaarde. Forestillet ved en udførlig lands-beskrivelse, saa og oplyst med dertil forfærdigede land-kort over enhver provintz, samt ziret med stædernes prospecter, grund-ridser, og andre merkværdige kaabber-stykker. Efter Søy-kongelig allernaadigst befalning. 1: 1-723., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN391287532 [details] 
Description Length: 56-66 cm. Plumage: back grey; head and below white; outer primaries black with white mirrors on outer two; leading...
Distribution North America; range extends throughout the Canadian Atlantic and south to the Gulf of Mexico
Description Length: 56-66 cm. Plumage: back grey; head and below white; outer primaries black with white mirrors on outer two; leading and trailing edges of upper wing white; inner wing linings white. Immature with head and neck streaked grey-brown; rest of plumage like adult but grey replaced by rusty brown. Bare parts: iris white to yellow; eyering vermilion; bill yellow with red patch near tip; feet and legs bright yellow, pink or bluish. Habitat: estuaries and marine shores. Uncommon palearctic visitor. <389><391><393> [details]
Distribution North America; range extends throughout the Canadian Atlantic and south to the Gulf of Mexico
Distribution North America; range extends throughout the Canadian Atlantic and south to the Gulf of Mexico [details]
WoRMS (2024). Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137138 on 2024-11-21
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Pontoppidan, E. (1763). Den Danske atlas eller Konge-Riget Dannemark, med dets naturlige egenskaber, elementer, indbyggere, værter, dyr og andre affødninger, dets gamle tildragelser og nærværende omstændingheder i alle provintzer, stæder, kirker, slotte og herre-gaarde. Forestillet ved en udførlig lands-beskrivelse, saa og oplyst med dertil forfærdigede land-kort over enhver provintz, samt ziret med stædernes prospecter, grund-ridser, og andre merkværdige kaabber-stykker. Efter Søy-kongelig allernaadigst befalning. 1: 1-723., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN391287532 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). European Seabirds at Sea - data collected by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). INBO Seabird distribution data (all trips). [details]
context source (Bermuda) Amos, E. J. R. (1991). A Guide to The Birds of Bermuda. 206 pp [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details]
additional source Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p. [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p. [details]
additional source Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p., available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf [details]
additional source Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Cattrijsse, Andre; Vincx, Magda. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. <em>[Edited book.].</em> Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (HKRMS) Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). European Seabirds at Sea - data collected by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). INBO Seabird distribution data (all trips). [details]
context source (Bermuda) Amos, E. J. R. (1991). A Guide to The Birds of Bermuda. 206 pp [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details]
additional source Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p. [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p. [details]
additional source Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p., available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf [details]
additional source Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cattrijsse, Andre; Vincx, Magda. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. <em>[Edited book.].</em> Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Length: 56-66 cm. Plumage: back grey; head and below white; outer primaries black with white mirrors on outer two; leading and trailing edges of upper wing white; inner wing linings white. Immature with head and neck streaked grey-brown; rest of plumage like adult but grey replaced by rusty brown. Bare parts: iris white to yellow; eyering vermilion; bill yellow with red patch near tip; feet and legs bright yellow, pink or bluish. Habitat: estuaries and marine shores. Uncommon palearctic visitor. <389><391><393> [details]Dimensions Length: 25" (64 cm); Wingspan: 58" (147 cm) [details]
Distribution North America; range extends throughout the Canadian Atlantic and south to the Gulf of Mexico [details]
Remark Forms a superspecies with L. fuscus & L. dominicanus [details]
Reproduction Breeds in northern Europe and Asia as well as in North America. In America, it Breeds from Labrador through the low Arctic to Alaska and south to Virginia, Lake Champlain, Minnesota, and interior British Columbia. Winters south to the West Indies and Central America. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | sølvmåge | [details] |
| Dutch | zilvermeeuw | [details] |
| English | herring gullEuropean herring gull | [details] |
| French | goéland argenté | [details] |
| German | Silbermöwe | [details] |
| Hebrew | שחף כספי | [details] |
| Italian | gabbiano reale nordico | [details] |
| Japanese | セグロカモメ | [details] |
| Lithuanian | sidabrinis kiras | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Ασημόγλαρος του Βορρά | [details] |
| Norwegian | gråmåke | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | gråmåke | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | gråmåse | [details] |
| Polish | mewa srebrzysta | [details] |
| Romanian | pescăruşul argintiu | [details] |
| Russian | серебристая чайка | [details] |
| Scottish Gaelic | faoileán scadán | [details] |
| Slovenian | srebrni galeb | [details] |
| Spanish | gaviota argéntea europea | [details] |
| Swedish | gråtrut | [details] |
| Turkish | kuzey gümüş martıkuzey gumus marti | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Сріблястий мартинМартин сріблястий | [details] |
| Welsh | gwylan y penwaig | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1762 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Larus argentatus)
To GenBank (778 nucleotides; 567 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (usnm 488781 - larus argentatus pygostyle)
To NMNH Extant Collection (usnm 502393 - larus argentatus pygostyle)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1762 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Larus argentatus)
To GenBank (778 nucleotides; 567 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (usnm 488781 - larus argentatus pygostyle)
To NMNH Extant Collection (usnm 502393 - larus argentatus pygostyle)
To PESI
To ITIS
