Classification

Original description

Citation:
  Pontoppidan, 1763

Reference:
  Dansk.Atlas p.622

Protonym:
  Larus Argentatus

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  E729AF2724100FCF

Avibase ID:
  avibase-E729AF27

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/E729AF27

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176824

Geographic range:

• Larus glaucoides glaucoides: S and w Greenland; winters to n Europe
• Larus glaucoides kumlieni: NE Canada (Baffin I. and nw Ungava); winters to n US
• Larus glaucoides thayeri: Hudson Bay to w Greenland; winters British Columbia to Baja
• Larus argentatus argentatus: Scandinavia to Kola Peninsula; winters n and w Europe
• Larus argentatus argenteus: Northwest Europe; winters to n Iberia
• Larus smithsonianus: N North America (Alaska to Atlantic coast); winters to C America
• Larus cachinnans: Black Sea to Kazakhstan; winters to s Asia and ne Africa
• Larus barabensis: Steppes of central Asia; winters mainly in sw Asia east to India
• Larus michahellis michahellis: Macaronesian Is. and nw Africa east through Mediterranean
• Larus michahellis atlantis: Azores Islands
• Larus armenicus: Lakes of Caucasus to e Turkey and Iran; winters to Red Sea
• Larus fuscus fuscus: N Norway, Sweden, Finland to White Sea; > Africa, sw Asia
• Larus fuscus intermedius: Denmark to w Norway, locally s to ne Spain; winters to w Africa
• Larus fuscus graellsii: Iceland, Faeroes, Br. Isles, France, Portugal; winters to w Africa
• Larus heuglini: NW Russia; winters to Middle East, South Africa and se Asia
• Larus vegae vegae: NE Siberia; winters south to China
• Larus vegae mongolicus: SE Altai and Lake Baikal to Mongolia; winters s Asia
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