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Larinae (Subfamily) - gulls
..Creagrus (Genus)
..†Gaviota (Genus)
..†Halcyornis (Genus)
..Leucophaeus (Genus)
..†Ocyplanus (Genus)
..Pagophila (Genus)
..Rhodostethia (Genus)
..Rissa (Genus)
..†Rupelornis (Genus)
..Xema (Genus)
..Larus (Genus)
....Larus argentatus (Species) - herring gull
....Larus armenicus (Species) - Armenian gull
....Larus atlanticus (Species) - Olrog's gull
....Larus atricilla (Species) - laughing gull
....Larus audouinii (Species) - Audouin's gull
....Larus belcheri (Species) - band-tailed gull
....Larus brunnicephalus (Species) - brown-headed gull
....Larus bulleri (Species) - black-billed gull
....Larus cachinnans (Species) - yellow-legged gull
....Larus californicus (Species) - California gull
....Larus canus (Species) - mew gull
....Larus cirrocephalus (Species) - grey-headed gull
....Larus crassirostris (Species) - black-tailed gull
....Larus delawarensis (Species) - ring-billed gull
....Larus dominicanus (Species) - kelp gull
....Larus fuliginosus (Species) - lava gull
....Larus fuscus (Species) - lesser black-backed gull
....Larus genei (Species) - slender-billed gull
....Larus glaucescens (Species) - glaucous-winged gull
....Larus glaucoides (Species) - Iceland gull
....Larus hartlaubii (Species) - king gull
....Larus heermanni (Species) - Heermann's gull
....Larus hemprichii (Species) - sooty gull
....Larus hyperboreus (Species) - glaucous gull
....Larus ichthyaetus (Species) - great black-headed gull
....Larus leucophthalmus (Species) - white-eyed gull
....Larus livens (Species) - yellow-footed gull
....Larus maculipennis (Species) - brown-hooded gull
....Larus marinus (Species) - great black-backed gull
....Larus melanocephalus (Species) - Mediterranean gull
....Larus minutus (Species) - little gull
....Larus modestus (Species) - grey gull
....Larus novaehollandiae (Species) - silver gull
....Larus occidentalis (Species) - western gull
....Larus pacificus (Species) - Pacific gull
....Larus philadelphia (Species) - Bonaparte's gull
....Larus pipixcan (Species) - Franklin's gull
....Larus relictus (Species) - relict gull
....Larus ridibundus (Species) - common black-headed gull
....Larus saundersi (Species) - Saunders's gull
....Larus schistisagus (Species) - slaty-backed gull
....Larus serranus (Species) - Andean gull
....Larus thayeri (Species) - Thayer's gull
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 136.
Types
Type of
:
Larinae
(Subfamily)
Vigors, 1825
Type of
:
Laroidea
(Superfamily)
Vigors, 1825
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 111.
[implicit]
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Larus
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Laroides
(Genus)
Brehm, 1830, nom. nud.
Ref:
PBDB
: 19 Nov 2020.
Including
:
Gabianus
(Genus)
Bonaparte, 1853
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
echte meeuwen
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