Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Larus fuscus
Author Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 176821
Common Names English: Lesser Black-backed Gull
French: Goéland brun
Spanish: Gaviota sombría
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Laridae
            Genus: Larus
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Larus fuscus barabensis
Subspecies: Larus fuscus fuscus
Subspecies: Larus fuscus graellsii
Subspecies: Larus fuscus heuglini
Subspecies: Larus fuscus intermedius
Subspecies: Larus fuscus taimyrensis
Synonyms (since 1950)
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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ITIS#176821
StatusIUCN:LC
#records19,432
#datasets9
Years1758 - 2002
Latitudes8.50 - 73.90
Longitudes-97.79 - 85.33