Iceland gull - Larus glaucoides

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Larus glaucoides
Author B. Meyer, 1822
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 176811
Common Names English: Iceland Gull
French: Goéland arctique
Spanish: Gaviota groenlandesa
Portuguese: gaivota-branca
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Laridae
            Genus: Larus
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Larus glaucoides glaucoides
Subspecies: Larus glaucoides kumlieni
Subspecies: Larus glaucoides thayeri
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN176811
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
    -
Status - Red List, IUCN
    LC (Global)
    LC (Europe)
#records (spatial)76
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets13
Year1974 - 2025
Latitude33.78 - 63.43
Longitude-78.40 - 2.89
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