Species under Larus

Species under Larus

n= 47

Species name	Common name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763	Herring gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic	66
Larus armenicus Buturlin, 1934	Armenian gull	Indo-West Pacific, Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean and Asian Inland Waters
Larus atlanticus Olrog, 1958	Olrog's gull	Southwest Atlantic
Larus atricilla Linnaeus, 1758	Laughing gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean	43
Larus audouinii Payraudeau, 1826	Audouin's gull	Mediterranean	52
Larus belcheri Vigors, 1829	Band-tailed gull	Eastern Pacific and Western Atlantic	51
Larus brunnicephalus Jerdon, 1840	Brown-headed gull	Indo-West Pacific and Asian Inland Waters	43
Larus bulleri Hutton, 1871	Black-billed gull	Southwest Pacific	38
Larus cachinnans Pallas, 1811	Yellow-legged gull	Antarctic, Northeast Atlantic, Indo-Pacific, Mediterranean
Larus californicus Lawrence, 1854	California gull	Eastern Pacific, Western Atlantic and the Arctic	58
Larus canus Linnaeus, 1758	Common gull	Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and the Arctic	46
Larus cirrocephalus Vieillot, 1818	Grey-headed gull	Western Indian Ocean, Eastern Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean	43
Larus crassirostris Vieillot, 1818	Black-tailed gull	Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Ocean	48
Larus cucullatus Linnaeus, 1758	Hooded merganser	Northeast and Eastern central Atlantic
Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815	Ring-billed gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean	53
Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823	Kelp gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Antarctic	58
Larus fuliginosus Gould, 1841	Lava gull	Southeast Pacific	53
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758	Lesser black-backed gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and the Arctic	61
Larus genei Brème, 1839	Slender-billed gull	Indo-West Pacific, Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean	46
Larus glaucescens Naumann, 1840	Glaucous-winged gull	Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean	70
Larus glaucoides Meyer, 1822	Iceland gull	Northern Pacific, Northern Atlantic, Mediterranean and the Arctic	64
Larus glaucoides thayeri Brooks, 1915	Thayer's gull	Northwest Pacific
Larus hartlaubii Bruch, 1853	Hartlaub's gull	Southeast Atlantic
Larus heermanni Cassin, 1852	Heermann's gull	Eastern Pacific and Western Atlantic	53
Larus hemprichii (Bruch, 1853)	Sooty gull	Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean	47
Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767	Glaucous gull	Northern Pacific and Atlantic Ocean, Arctic and Pacific Asia	77
Larus ichthyaetus Pallas, 1773	Great black-headed gull	Indo-West Pacific, Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean	69
Larus leucophthalmus Temminck, 1825	White-eyed gull	Western Indian Ocean, Southeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean	39
Larus livens Dwight, 1919	Yellow-footed gull	Eastern Central Pacific and Western Central Atlantic
Larus maculipennis Lichtenstein, 1823	Brown-hooded gull	Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic	38
Larus marinus Linnaeus, 1758	Great black-backed gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and the Arctic	79
Larus melanocephalus Temminck, 1820	Mediterranean gull	Indo-West Pacific, Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean	43
Larus michahellis Naumann, 1840		Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and the Black Sea
Larus modestus Tschudi, 1843	Gray gull	Eastern Pacific and Southwest Atlantic	46
Larus novaehollandiae Stephens, 1826	Silver gull	Indo-West Pacific and Southwest Atlantic	43
Larus occidentalis Audubon, 1839	Western gull	Eastern Pacific and Western Atlantic	68
Larus pacificus Latham, 1802	Pacific gull	Indo-West Pacific	66
Larus philadelphia (Ord, 1815)	Bonaparte's gull	Western Central Atlantic and Northeast Pacific	36
Larus pipixcan Wagler, 1831	Franklin's gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and the Arctic	38
Larus relictus Lonnberg, 1931	Relict gull	Northwest Pacific and Northeast Atlantic
Larus ridibundus Linnaeus, 1766	Common black-headed gull	Indo-West Pacific and Atlantic Ocean	43
Larus saundersi (Swinhoe, 1871)	Saunder's gull	Northwest Pacific, Northeast Atlantic and the Black Sea	33
Larus schistisagus Stejneger, 1884	Slaty-backed gull	Northern Pacific, Northern Atlantic and the Arctic	68
Larus scopulinus Forster, 1844	Red-billed gull	Southwest Pacific
Larus serranus Tschudi, 1844	Andean gull	Eastern Pacific	48
Larus smithsonianus Coues, 1862		Northwest Pacific
Larus thayeri Brooks, 1915		Northern Pacific, Northern Atlantic and the Arctic

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