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Black-headed Gull (syn. ridibundus)

Chroicocephalus ridibundus (ridibundus) (= Chroicocephalus ridibundus ridibundus) (Linnaeus, C 1766)

Classification
Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Laridae
Genus:
   Chroicocephalus
Scientific:
  Chroicocephalus ridibundus ridibundus

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Larus ridibundus

Type locality:
  European Seas.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/229/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  FD8BF6B324B7593D

Avibase ID:
  avibase-FD8BF6B3

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/FD8BF6B3

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 824041

English:
Black-headed Gull (syn. ridibundus)
French:
Mouette rieuse (syn. ridibundus)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931):
Larus ridibundus ridibundus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.):
Larus ridibundus ridibundus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.):
Larus ridibundus ridibundus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.):
Larus ridibundus ridibundus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.):
Larus ridibundus ridibundus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.):
Larus ridibundus ridibundus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.):
Larus ridibundus ridibundus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.):
Larus ridibundus ridibundus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.):
Larus ridibundus ridibundus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.):
Larus ridibundus ridibundus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.):
Larus ridibundus ridibundus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.):
Larus ridibundus ridibundus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.):
Larus ridibundus ridibundus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.):
Larus ridibundus ridibundus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957):
Larus ridibundus ridibundus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.):
Larus ridibundus ridibundus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.):
Larus ridibundus ridibundus [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Black-headed Gull (syn. ridibundus) ( Chroicocephalus ridibundus (ridibundus))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Black-headed Gull (syn. ridibundus) ( Chroicocephalus ridibundus (ridibundus))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Black-headed Gull (syn. ridibundus) ( Chroicocephalus ridibundus (ridibundus))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Black-headed Gull (Common) ( Chroicocephalus ridibundus (ridibundus))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Black-headed Gull (Common) ( Chroicocephalus ridibundus (ridibundus))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Black-headed Gull (Common) ( Chroicocephalus ridibundus (ridibundus))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Black-headed Gull (Common) ( Chroicocephalus ridibundus (ridibundus))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Black-headed Gull (Common) ( Chroicocephalus ridibundus (ridibundus))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Black-headed Gull (Common) ( Chroicocephalus ridibundus (ridibundus))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Black-headed Gull (Common) ( Chroicocephalus ridibundus (ridibundus))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Black-headed Gull (Common) ( Chroicocephalus ridibundus (ridibundus))

Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal suspecies (excluding synonyms)

This taxon is a subspecies of Chroicocephalus ridibundus

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English: Black-headed Gull, Black-headed Gull (Common), Black-headed Gull (ridibundus), Black-headed Gull (syn. ridibundus), Common Black-headed Gull, Common Black-headed Gull (nominate)
French: Mouette rieuse (nominal), Mouette rieuse (nominale), Mouette rieuse (race nominale), Mouette rieuse (ridibundus), Mouette rieuse (syn. ridibundus)
Scientific: Chroicocephalus ridibundus (ridibundus), Chroicocephalus ridibundus ridibundus, Larus ridibundus, Larus ridibundus ridibundus

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