Herring gull - Larus argentatus

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Larus argentatus
Author Pontoppidan, 1763
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 176824
Common Names Spanish: Gaviota plateada
English: Herring Gull
French: Goéland argenté
English: European Herring Gull
Spanish: Gaviota argéntea europea
Portuguese: gaivota-argêntea
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Laridae
            Genus: Larus
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Larus argentatus argentatus
Subspecies: Larus argentatus argenteus
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN176824
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
    -
Status - Red List, IUCN
    LC (Europe)
    LC (Global)
#records (spatial)128,444
#records (non-spatial)1
#datasets72
Year1958 - 2025
Latitude1.24 - 75.78
Longitude-178.83 - 224.09
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