Mew gull - Larus canus

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Larus canus
Author Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 176832
Common Names Spanish: Gaviota cana
English: Mew Gull
French: Goéland cendré
English: Common Gull
Portuguese: famego
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Laridae
            Genus: Larus
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Larus canus canus
Subspecies: Larus canus heinei
Subspecies: Larus canus kamtschatschensis
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN176832
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
    -
Status - Red List, IUCN
    LC (Global)
    LC (Europe)
#records (spatial)30,178
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets45
Year1957 - 2021
Latitude1.45 - 71.44
Longitude-166.27 - 227.35
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