Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (47)
- Monotypic
Thomas P. Good
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Pulëbardha shpinëzezë |
| Arabic | نورس أسود الظهر كبير |
| Asturian | Gaviotñn atlñnticu |
| Azerbaijani | Böyük qarabel qağayı |
| Basque | Kaio beltza |
| Bulgarian | Голяма черногърба чайка |
| Catalan | gavinot atlàntic |
| Croatian | veliki galeb |
| Czech | racek mořský |
| Danish | Svartbag |
| Dutch | Grote Mantelmeeuw |
| English | Great Black-backed Gull |
| English (United States) | Great Black-backed Gull |
| Faroese | Svartbakur |
| Finnish | merilokki |
| French | Goéland marin |
| French (France) | Goéland marin |
| Galician | Gaivotón atlántico |
| German | Mantelmöwe |
| Greek | Γιγαντόγλαρος |
| Hebrew | שחף ימי |
| Hungarian | Dolmányos sirály |
| Icelandic | Svartbakur |
| Italian | Mugnaiaccio |
| Japanese | オオカモメ |
| Latvian | Melnspārnu kaija |
| Lithuanian | Balnotasis kiras |
| Norwegian | svartbak |
| Persian | کاکایی پشت سیاه بزرگ |
| Polish | mewa siodłata |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gaivotão-real |
| Romanian | Pescăruș negru |
| Russian | Морская чайка |
| Serbian | Crni galeb |
| Slovak | čajka morská |
| Slovenian | Veliki galeb |
| Spanish | Gavión Atlántico |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Gavión Atlántico |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gallegón |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Gavión |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Gaviota Mayor |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Gaviota Espaldinegra |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gavión atlántico |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Gaviota Dorsinegra Mayor |
| Swedish | havstrut |
| Turkish | Büyük Kara Sırtlı Martı |
| Ukrainian | Мартин морський |
Larus marinus Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Larus marinus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.136.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe, restricted type locality = Gotland, Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LARUS
- marinus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
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Distribution of the Great Black-backed Gull
