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

Laridae

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*include Sterninae*		subjective synonym

Children

Chroicocephalus Eyton, 1836
Hydrocoloeus
Larinae
Larus Linnaeus, 1758
Pagophila Kaup, 1829
Rhodostethia MacGillivray, 1842
Rissa Stephens, 1826
Sterninae
Xema Leach, 1819

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: meeuwen

English: gulls sources: MASDEA (1997).

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

Norwegian Bokmål: måkefamilien

Norwegian Nynorsk: måsefamilien

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

Swedish: måsar

Literature

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	Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp.

Genbank

External Links

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Laridae. 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:136988

Drs Cees Roselaar. Laridae. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=10782