The American herring gull or Smithsonian gull is a large gull that breeds in North America, where it is treated by the American Ornithologists' Union as a subspecies of herring gull. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Coues, 1862
Reference:
Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia p.296
Protonym:
Larus Smithsonianus
Avibase ID:
D5B43288A477CE78
Avibase ID:
avibase-D5B43288
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D5B43288
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 824077
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): American Herring Gull [incl. vegae, mongolicus] ( Larus smithsonianus [incl. vegae and mongolicus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): American Herring Gull (incl. ssp. vegae, mongolicus) ( Larus smithsonianus [incl. vegae and mongolicus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): American Herring Gull (incl. ssp. vegae, mongolicus) ( Larus smithsonianus [incl. vegae and mongolicus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): American Herring Gull (incl. ssp. vegae, mongolicus) ( Larus smithsonianus [incl. vegae and mongolicus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): American Herring Gull (incl. ssp. vegae, mongolicus) ( Larus smithsonianus [incl. vegae and mongolicus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): American Herring Gull (incl. ssp. vegae, mongolicus) ( Larus smithsonianus [incl. vegae and mongolicus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): American Herring Gull [incl. vegae, mongolicus] ( Larus smithsonianus [incl. vegae and mongolicus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): American Herring Gull [incl. vegae, mongolicus] ( Larus smithsonianus [incl. vegae and mongolicus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): American Herring Gull [incl. vegae, mongolicus] ( Larus smithsonianus [incl. vegae and mongolicus]) |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Arctic Herring Gull ( Larus smithsonianus) [version 6] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Arctic Herring Gull ( Larus smithsonianus) [version 6] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Arctic Herring Gull ( Larus smithsonianus) [version 6] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Arctic Herring Gull ( Larus smithsonianus) [version 6] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Arctic Herring Gull ( Larus smithsonianus) [version 6] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Arctic Herring Gull ( Larus smithsonianus) [version 6] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Arctic Herring Gull ( Larus smithsonianus) [version 6] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Arctic Herring Gull ( Larus smithsonianus) [version 6] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Arctic Herring Gull ( Larus smithsonianus) [version 6] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): American Herring Gull ( Larus smithsonianus) [version 6] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): American Herring Gull ( Larus smithsonianus) [version 6] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Arctic Herring Gull ( Larus smithsonianus) [version 6] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Arctic Herring Gull ( Larus smithsonianus) [version 6] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Arctic Herring Gull ( Larus smithsonianus) [version 6] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Arctic Herring Gull ( Larus smithsonianus) [version 6] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Larus [argentatus, smithsonianus or vegae]
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