WoRMS taxon details
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
137142 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137142)
accepted
Species
- Subspecies Larus fuscus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
- Subspecies Larus fuscus graellsii Brehm, 1857
- Subspecies Larus fuscus heuglini Bree, 1876
- Subspecies Larus fuscus intermedius Schiôler, 1922
- Subspecies Larus fuscus taimyrensis accepted as Larus fuscus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Description Length: 51-61 cm. Plumage: wings and back black; rest of plumage white; trailing edge of wing and tips of primaries white....
Distribution Caribbean; North America; regular at sites from Eastern Canada, from the Bay of Fundy south
Description Length: 51-61 cm. Plumage: wings and back black; rest of plumage white; trailing edge of wing and tips of primaries white. Immature brown replaces black of adult; white parts mottled brown with less mottling on foreneck, breast and belly, wide dark band on tail. Bare parts: iris cream to white; eyering red to orange; bill yellow with red spot near tip of lower mandible, blackish to pale greyish with black tip in immature; feet and legs yellow, pinkish in immature. Habitat: coast and inland waters. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]
Distribution Caribbean; North America; regular at sites from Eastern Canada, from the Bay of Fundy south
Distribution Caribbean; North America; regular at sites from Eastern Canada, from the Bay of Fundy south [details]
WoRMS (2024). Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137142 on 2024-11-10
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 136 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (HKRMS) HKBWS. (2013). Hong Kong Bird Report 2011. <em>The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society.</em> [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [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 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 Vanderperren, J.-P. (1991). Report Natural History Archive 1990 [Verslag Natuurhistorisch Archief 1990]. <em>De Strandvlo.</em> 11(3): 65-75. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 71 [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]
page(s): 136 [details] Available for editors
[request]context source (HKRMS) HKBWS. (2013). Hong Kong Bird Report 2011. <em>The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society.</em> [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [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 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 Vanderperren, J.-P. (1991). Report Natural History Archive 1990 [Verslag Natuurhistorisch Archief 1990]. <em>De Strandvlo.</em> 11(3): 65-75. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 71 [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: 51-61 cm. Plumage: wings and back black; rest of plumage white; trailing edge of wing and tips of primaries white. Immature brown replaces black of adult; white parts mottled brown with less mottling on foreneck, breast and belly, wide dark band on tail. Bare parts: iris cream to white; eyering red to orange; bill yellow with red spot near tip of lower mandible, blackish to pale greyish with black tip in immature; feet and legs yellow, pinkish in immature. Habitat: coast and inland waters. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]Dimensions Length: 21" (53 cm); Wingspan: 54" (137 cm) [details]
Distribution Caribbean; North America; regular at sites from Eastern Canada, from the Bay of Fundy south [details]
Remark Forms a superspecies with L. dominicanus & L. argentatus [details]
Reproduction Breeds from Iceland and the northern coast of Europe south to the British Isles and France. Winters from its Breeding range south to central Africa and western Asia. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Малка черногърба чайка | [details] |
| Danish | sildemåge | [details] |
| Dutch | kleine mantelmeeuw | [details] |
| English | Scandinavian lesser black-backed gulllesser black-backed gull | [details] |
| French | goéland de la Balqituegoéland brun | [details] |
| German | Heringsmöwe | [details] |
| Hebrew | שחף שחור | [details] |
| Italian | zafferano | [details] |
| Japanese | ニシセグロカモメ | [details] |
| Lithuanian | silkinis kiras | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Μελανόγλαρος | [details] |
| Norwegian | sildemåke | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | sildemåke | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | sildemåse | [details] |
| Polish | mewa żółtonoga | [details] |
| Romanian | pescăruşul negricios | [details] |
| Russian | клуша | [details] |
| Scottish Gaelic | droimneach beag | [details] |
| Slovenian | rjavi galeb | [details] |
| Spanish | gaviota sombría | [details] |
| Swedish | silltrut | [details] |
| Turkish | karasırtlı martıkarasirtli marti | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Чорнокрилий мартинМартин чорнокрилий | [details] |
| Welsh | gwylan gefnddu leiaf | [details] |
