Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Laridae > Genus Larus

Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Larus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Children

Larus fuscus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
Larus fuscus graellsii Brehm, 1857

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): sildemåke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Малка черногърба чайка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: sildemåge sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: kleine mantelmeeuw sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

English: Scandinavian lesser black-backed gull sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Lesser Black-backed Gull; Scandinavian Lesser Black-backed Gull sources: Charles Hussey

French: goéland brun; goéland de la Balqitue sources: 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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Gaelic: droimneach beag sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Droimneach beag

German: Heringsmöwe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Μελανόγλαρος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Droimneach beag sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): שחף שחור sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: zafferano sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: sildemåke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: sildemåke sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 136

Norwegian Nynorsk: sildemåse sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 136

Nynorsk (Norwegian): sildemåse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: pescăruşul negricios sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: клуша sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: droimneach beag sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: gaviota sombría sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: silltrut sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: karasirtli marti; karasırtlı martı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Мартин чорнокрилий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gwylan gefnddu leiaf

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 375-376
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.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanderperren, J.-P. (1991). Report Natural History Archive 1990 [Verslag Natuurhistorisch Archief 1990]. De Strandvlo 11(3): 65-75
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

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Taxonomy

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External Links

Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (755 publications)
GenBank (50 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137142

Drs Cees Roselaar. Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96936