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

Larus atricilla Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Larus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

Dutch: lachmeeuw sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

English-United States: Laughing Gull sources: Charles Hussey

French: mouette atricille 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Turkish: gülen martı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: мартин-реготун sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gwylan chwerthinog

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.
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	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (50 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (662 publications)
Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Larus atricilla 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:159074

Drs Cees Roselaar. Larus atricilla Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96927