Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Larus [canus or brachyrhynchus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other related concepts

• Larus [californicus x canus] (hybrid)
• Larus canus x Leucophaeus atricilla (hybrid)
• Larus [canus x delawarensis] (hybrid)
• Larus [canus x glaucoides] (hybrid)
• Larus [canus x fuscus] (hybrid)
• Larus canus x Chroicocephalus ridibundus (hybrid)
• Larus canus x Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Arabic: النورس الشائع, النورس الشائع جنة, النورس العادي, نورس شائع
Asturian: Gavilueta Cana, Gaviota cana, Gaviota del Nordés
Azerbaijani: Boz qağayı
Bashkir: аҡсарлаҡ, күк аҡсарлаҡ , күк сарлаҡ, күксә сарлаҡ, күксәй, мауыҡ сарҙаҡ
Belarusian: Чайка шызая, Шызая чайка
Bulgarian: Чайка буревестница
Breton: Ar gouelan louet, gouelan louet
Catalan: Gavina cendrosa, Gavinot hiperbori
Catalan (Balears): Gavina cendrosa
Valencian: Gavinot hiperbori
Montenegrin: sinji galeb, sivi galeb, сиви галеб
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): сиви галеб
Czech: Racek bourní, racek bouřní, Racek bourní severoevropský
Chuvash: кăвак чарлăк
Welsh: Gwylan y Gweunydd, y gweunydd
Danish: Stormmåge
German: Sturmmöve, Sturmmöwe, Sturmmöwe-canus
Greek: Θυελλόγλαρος
Greek (Cypriot): Θυελλόγλαρος
English: Common Gull, Mew gull, Mew Gull (European), North-west European Mew Gull
English (United Kingdom): Common Gull
English, HBW: Mew Gull
English (IOC): Common Gull
English (Kenya): Common Gull
English (UAE): Common Gull
English (United States): Common Gull
Esperanto: griza mevo
Spanish: Gaviota Blanca, Gaviota Cana
Spanish (Spain): Gaviota Cana
Spanish (Mexico): Gaviota Blanca
Estonian: kalakajakas
Basque: Gavina cendrosa, Kaio mokohori, Kaio mokohoria
Persian: کاکایی نوک ‌سبز, کاکایی نوک‌سبز
Finnish: Kalalokki
Faroese: Gneggjus, skatumási, Skatumási/válkur
French: Goéland cendré
Friulian: cocâl grîs, cocalete, cocaline
Frisian: ûnwaarsfûgel
Irish: Faoileán Bán
Gaelic: Faoileag, Faoileann
Galician: Gaivota cana, Gavina cendrosa
Manx: Foillan bane, Foillan Vane
Hebrew: שחף אפרורי
Croatian: Burni Galeb, olujni galeb
Hungarian: Viharsirály
Armenian: [Tkhakapuyt Voror ], Թխակապույտ Որոր
Icelandic: Stormmáfur
Italian: gavina, Gavina eurasiatica
Japanese (romaji): kamome
Japanese: カモメ
Japanese (Kanji): 鴎
Georgian: ვეჟანი თოლია
Kara-Kalpak: ақ шағала, қыйрықлы шағала
Mongolian, Halh: хар сүүлт цахлай, харсүүлт цахлай599
Khakas: Ах хайлах
Kazakh: Кєк шағала, көк шағала, көкшіл шағала
Kazakh (Transliteration): kök şağala
Korean: 갈매기
Korean (Transliteration): galmaegi
Karachay-Balkar: чырпы тауукъ
North Karelian: kalalokka
Cornish: Gwylan gemyn
Kirghiz: көк чардак
Scientific: Larus canus, Larus canus canus, Larus glaucus, Larus gronlandicus, Larus maculatus
Luxembourgish: Stuermméiw
Lithuanian: Aliaskinis kiras, Paprastasis kiras
Latvian: kajaks, Vētras kaija
Macedonian: siv galeb, Сив (Обичен) галеб, сив галеб
Malayalam: മ്യൂ കടൽക്കാക്ക
Mongolian: сүүл хар цахлай, Үүлэн цахлай, хар сүүлт цахлай, харсүүлт цахлай599
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠡᠭᠦᠯᠡᠨ ᠴᠠᠬᠣᠯᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠴᠠᠬᠣᠯᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Цахлай
Mongolian (Transliteration): tsakhlai, üüleŋ tsakhlai
Moldavian: Pescăruș sur
Malay: Burung Camar Balai
Maltese: gawwija sekonda
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): сүүл хар цахлай
Nepali: मिउ गंगाचील
Dutch: Stormmeeuw
Norwegian: fiskemåke, Småmåke
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): harmaikajoi
Polish: Mewa delawarska, mewa pospolita, mewa siwa
Pinyin: bái-tóu ōu, hǎi ōu
Portuguese: Alcatraz-pardo, famego, gaivota parda, Gaivota-parda
Portuguese (Brazil): Gaivota-parda [portugais]
Portuguese (Portugal): Famego, gaivota-parda
Romansh: muetta da tschendra
Romanian: Pescăruș sur, Pescăruş, Pescăruş sur
Russian: Cизая чайка, Сизая чайка, Чайка сизая
Yakut: алыы хоптото, хопто
Sardinian: Cau marinu, gavina, laru, u-cau marinu
Scots: Faoileag
Northern Sami: Báiski, larus canus
Slovak: čajka sivá
Slovenian: sivi galeb
Albanian: Pulëbardha e përhimë, pulëbardha ngjyrë hiri
Serbian: sivi galeb, сиви галеб
Swedish: Fiskmås
Tajik: ѐҳуи кабуд
Thai: นกนางนวลปากเหลือง
Thai (Transliteration): nók naaŋ-nuan pàak-lĕuaŋ
Turkmen: ak çarlak
Turkish: Dalgıç, Küçük gümüş martı, küçük gümüş marty, Көк шағала
Tatar: күк акчарлак
Tuvinian: Көгүлдүр ак-кускун
Udmurt: камкоӵо, чарлан
Ukrainian: Мартин сивий , Сивий мартин, Сизий мартин
Uzbek: кулранг балиқчи, кўк балиқчи
Vietnamese: Chim Mòng bể đầu trắng, Chim mòng bể Viễn Đông, Mòng bể đầu trắng
Kalmyk: көк цах, үүлн цах
Chinese: [bai-tou ou], [hai ou], 海 鸥, 海鷗, 海鸥, 白头鸥
Chinese (Traditional): 海鷗, 白頭鷗
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 海鷗
Chinese (Taiwan): [hai ou], 海鷗, 海鸥