Common Gull Larus canus Scientific name definitions
- Names (48)
- Subspecies (3)
William Moskoff, Louis R. Bevier, and Pamela C. Rasmussen
Version: 1.1 — Published August 18, 2021
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Pulëbardha e përhime |
| Arabic | نورس شائع |
| Armenian | Թխակապույտ որոր |
| Asturian | Gaviota cana |
| Azerbaijani | Boz qağayı |
| Basque | Kaio mokohoria |
| Bulgarian | Чайка буревестница |
| Catalan | gavina cendrosa |
| Chinese | 歐亞海鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 海鸥 |
| Croatian | burni galeb |
| Czech | racek bouřní |
| Danish | Stormmåge |
| Dutch | Stormmeeuw |
| English | Common Gull |
| English (United States) | Common Gull |
| Faroese | Skatumási |
| Finnish | kalalokki |
| French | Goéland cendré |
| French (France) | Goéland cendré |
| Galician | Gaivota cana |
| German | Sturmmöwe |
| Greek | Θυελλόγλαρος |
| Hebrew | שחף אפרורי |
| Hungarian | Viharsirály |
| Icelandic | Stormmáfur |
| Italian | Gavina |
| Japanese | カモメ |
| Korean | 갈매기 |
| Latvian | Kajaks |
| Lithuanian | Paprastasis kiras |
| Malayalam | മ്യൂ കടൽക്കാക്ക |
| Mongolian | Үүлэн цахлай |
| Norwegian | fiskemåke |
| Persian | کاکایی نوک سبز |
| Polish | mewa siwa |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Famego |
| Romanian | Pescăruș sur |
| Russian | Сизая чайка |
| Serbian | Sivi galeb |
| Slovak | čajka sivá |
| Slovenian | Sivi galeb |
| Spanish | Gaviota Cana |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gaviota cana |
| Swedish | fiskmås |
| Thai | นกนางนวลปากเหลือง |
| Turkish | Küçük Gümüş Martı |
| Ukrainian | Мартин сивий |
Revision Notes
Pamela C. Rasmussen standardized the account's content with Clements taxonomy.
Larus canus Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Larus canus
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, Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
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- canus
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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)
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