Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Larus dominicanus [dominicanus or antipodus]

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none Avibase taxonomic concepts (current) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020) (v.?) Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021) (v.?) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017) (v.1) Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018) (v.1)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Swartrugmeeu
Czech: racek jižní
Danish: Kelpmåge
German: Dominikanermöwe
English: Kelp Gull (dominicanus)
Spanish: Gaviota Cocinera
Spanish (Argentine): Gaviota cocinera
Spanish (Mexico): Gaviota dominicana
Spanish (Uruguay): Gaviota cocinera
Estonian: lõunakajakas
Finnish: etelänselkälokki
French: Goéland dominicain (dominicanus)
Italian: Zafferano meridionale
Japanese (romaji): minamioosegurokamome
Japanese: ミナミオオセグロカモメ
Scientific: Larus dominicanus, Larus dominicanus dominicanus
Malagasy: Kolokoloky
Maori: karoro
Dutch: Kelpmeeuw
Norwegian: Taremåke
Polish: mewa poludniowa
Portuguese: Gaivotño
Portuguese (Brazil): Gaivotão
Slovak: Čajka vznešená
Xhosa: Ingaba-ngaba