Welcome Guest

Herring, Yellow-legged, Vega, Lesser Black-backed or Heuglin's Gull

Larus [argentatus, cachinnans, vegae, fuscus or heuglini] (= Larus argentatus) Pontoppidan, E 1763




(0 votes)
Photo powered by flickr.com.


Classification
Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Laridae
Genus:
   Larus
Scientific:
  Larus argentatus


Original description

Citation:
  Pontoppidan, E 1763

Reference:
   Danske Atlas 1 p.622

Protonym:
  Larus Argentatus

Type locality:
  No type locality' = Christiansoe, ex Brunnich, Orn. Boreal., 1764, p. 44.


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  728FD7E2B822A8C1

Avibase ID:
  avibase-728FD7E2

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/728FD7E2


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176824

Geographic range:

  • Larus argentatus argentatus: Scandinavia to Kola Peninsula; winters northern and western Europe
  • Larus argentatus argenteus: northwestern Europe; winters to northern Iberia
  • Larus smithsonianus: northern North America (Alaska to Atlantic coast); winters to Central America
  • Larus cachinnans: Black Sea to Kazakhstan; winters to southern Asia and northeastern Africa
  • Larus barabensis: steppes of central Asia; winters mainly in southwestern Asia eastward to India
  • Larus michahellis: Atlantic coasts of Portugal, Spain, and Morocco; coastal and inland Mediterranean region from Belgium to Poland and Turkey; winters to eastern British Isles and southern Scandinavia
  • Larus michahellis michahellis: Atlantic Portugal, Spain, and Morocco; coastal and inland Mediterranean from Belgium to Poland and Turkey; winters to eastern British Isles and southern Scandinavia
  • Larus michahellis atlantis: Azores, Madeira, and Canary Islands (Macaronesia); winters to Senegal
  • Larus armenicus: lakes of Caucasus to eastern Türkiye and Iran; winters to Red Sea
  • Larus [fuscus or heuglini, incl. barabensis]: breeds from Greenland, Iceland, and western Europe to central Asia and north-central Siberia; winters mostly coastally to southwestern Europe, Africa (except southwestern and southern), India, and Sri Lanka, and eastern North America
  • Larus fuscus fuscus: northern Norway, Sweden, and Finland, to White Sea; winters to Africa and southwestern Asia
  • Larus fuscus intermedius: Denmark to western Norway, locally southward to northeastern Spain; winters to western Africa
  • Larus fuscus graellsii: Iceland, Faroe Islands, British Isles, France, and Portugal; winters to western Africa
  • Larus heuglini: northwestern Russia; winters to Middle East, South Africa and southeastern Asia
  • Larus vegae: northeastern Siberia; winters southward to China
  • Larus mongolicus: southeastern Altai and Lake Baikal to Mongolia; winters southern Asia
  • Show more...
English:
Herring, Yellow-legged, Vega, Lesser Black-backed or Heuglin's Gull
French:
Goéland argenté, G. pontique, G. de La Vega ou G. de Sibérie


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Herring, Yellow-legged, Vega, Lesser Black-backed or Heuglin's Gull ( Larus [argentatus, cachinnans, vegae, fuscus or heuglini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Herring, Yellow-legged, Vega, Lesser Black-backed or Heuglin's Gull ( Larus [argentatus, cachinnans, vegae, fuscus or heuglini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Herring, Yellow-legged, Vega, Lesser Black-backed or Heuglin's Gull ( Larus [argentatus, cachinnans, vegae, fuscus or heuglini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Herring, Yellow-legged, Vega or Heuglin's Gull ( Larus [argentatus, cachinnans, vegae or heuglini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Herring, Yellow-legged, Vega or Heuglin's Gull ( Larus [argentatus, cachinnans, vegae or heuglini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Herring, Yellow-legged, Vega, Lesser Black-backed or Heuglin's Gull ( Larus [argentatus, cachinnans, vegae, fuscus or heuglini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Herring, Yellow-legged, Vega, Lesser Black-backed or Heuglin's Gull ( Larus [argentatus, cachinnans, vegae, fuscus or heuglini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Herring, Yellow-legged, Vega, Lesser Black-backed or Heuglin's Gull ( Larus [argentatus, cachinnans, vegae, fuscus or heuglini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Herring, Yellow-legged, Vega, Lesser Black-backed or Heuglin's Gull ( Larus [argentatus, cachinnans, vegae, fuscus or heuglini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Herring, Yellow-legged, Vega, Lesser Black-backed or Heuglin's Gull ( Larus [argentatus, cachinnans, vegae, fuscus or heuglini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Herring, Yellow-legged, Vega, Lesser Black-backed or Heuglin's Gull ( Larus [argentatus, cachinnans, vegae, fuscus or heuglini])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Larus [argentatus (sensu lato) or glaucoides]

Your sightings

You must be logged in to view your sighting details. To register to myAvibase click here.

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7 

Highlight taxa in a checklist (shown in red)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Afrikaans: Haringmeeu
Arabic: النورس اصفر الأرجل
Azerbaijani: Gümüşü qağayı, rinqa qağayısı, siyənək qağayıları, siyənək qağayısı
Belarusian: Чайка-клыгун
Bulgarian: Сребриста чайка
Breton: Ar gouelan gris
Catalan: Gavià argentat de pota rosa
Catalan (Balears): Gavina atlàntica
Czech: racek stříbřitý
Welsh: Gwylan y penwaig
Danish: Sølvmåge
German: Silbermöwe
Greek: Ασημόγλαρος του Βορά
Greek (Cypriot): Ασημόγλαρος
English: Herring Gull, Herring, Yellow-legged, Vega or Heuglin's Gull, Herring, Yellow-legged, Vega, Lesser Black-backed or Heuglin's Gull
Esperanto: arĝentmevo
Spanish: Gaviota argéntea europea
Spanish (Chile): Gaviota argentea
Spanish (Colombia): Gaviota argentea
Spanish (Costa Rica): Gaviota Argéntea
Spanish (Cuba): Gallego
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Gaviota Arenquera
Spanish (Honduras): Gaviota grande
Spanish (Mexico): Gaviota plateada
Spanish (Peru): Gaviota Argéntea
Spanish (Venezuela): Gaviota Argéntea
Estonian: Hõbekajakas
Basque: Kaio hauskara
Finnish: harmaalokki
Faroese: Mási
French: Goéland argenté, Goéland argenté, G. pontique, G. de La Vega ou G. de Sibérie, Goéland argenté, G. pontique, G. de La Véga ou G. de Sibérie
Irish: Faoileán Scadán
Gaelic: Faoileag an Sgadain
Galician: Gaivota arxéntea
Manx: Foillan
Haitian Creole French: Mòv gri
Hebrew: שחף כספי
Croatian: Galeb Klaukavac
Hungarian: Ezüstsirály
Armenian: Քրքջան Որոր
Icelandic: Silfurmáfur
Italian: Gabbiano reale nordico
Japanese (romaji): se-guro kamome
Japanese: セグロカモメ
Japanese (Kanji): 背黒鴎
Georgian: ვერცხლისფერი თოლია
Kara-Kalpak: ғаз аяқ шағала
Kazakh: Қүмістүсті шағала, қылаң шағала
Korean: 재갈매기
Cornish: Gwylan hern
Kirghiz: күмүшчардак
Scientific: Larus [argentatus, cachinnans, vegae or heuglini], Larus [argentatus, cachinnans, vegae, fuscus or heuglini], Larus argentatus, Larus argentatus argentatus
Luxembourgish: Sëlwerméiw
Lithuanian: Sidabrinis kiras
Latvian: Sudrabkaija
Macedonian: Сребренест галеб
Malay: Burung Camar Melaka
Maltese: Gawwija Prima
Dutch: Zilvermeeuw
Norwegian: Gråmåke
Polish: mewa srebrzysta
Pinyin: hēi-jǐ ōu
Portuguese: Gaivota-argêntea
Romansh: Muetta d'argient
Romanian: Pescăruş argintiu
Russian: Серебристая чайка
Northern Sami: Skávli
Slovak: čajka striebristá
Slovenian: srebrni galeb
Albanian: Pulëbardha e argjendte
Serbian: srebrnasti galeb
Swedish: Gråtrut
Thai: นกนางนวลแฮร์ริ่ง
Thai (Transliteration): nók naaŋ-nuan haee-rîŋ
Turkish: Kuzey Gümüş Martı
Ukrainian: Мартин сріблястий
Vietnamese: Chim Mòng bể chân vàng
Chinese: 银鸥
Chinese (Traditional): 銀鷗
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 黑脊鷗
Chinese (Taiwan): 黑脊鸥

Avibase has been visited 412,191,647 times since 24 June 2003. © Denis Lepage | Privacy policy