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

Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Larus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

Dutch: grote burgemeester sources: 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.

English: glaucous gull sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Glaucous Gull sources: Charles Hussey

French: goéland bourgmestre 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: faoileán glas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Faoileán glas

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

Irish: Faoileán glas sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Lithuanian: didysis poliarinis kiras sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Norwegian Bokmål: polarmåke sources: Beskr. Finm. Lapper [Leem] p. 226, note

Norwegian Nynorsk: polarmåse sources: Beskr. Finm. Lapper [Leem] p. 226, note

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

Polish: mewa blada sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: большая полярная чайка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: faoileán glas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: ledni galeb sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Turkish: kutup martisi; kutup martısı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Мартин полярний; Полярний мартин sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gwylan y Gogledd

Literature

original description	Gunnerus, J.E. (1767). Beskrifning på trenne Norrska Sjö-Kråk, Sjö-Pungar kallade. Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 28: 114-124
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	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	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
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	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
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	ITIS database
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (566 nucleotides; 387 proteins)
Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (169 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767. 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:137145

Drs Cees Roselaar. Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96943