Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
               Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
                 Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks
                   Suborder Lari Sharpe, 1891 - gulls and allies
                     Family Laridae Vigors, 1825 - gulls, terns and skimmers
                       Genus Larus Linnaeus, 1758
                         Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763 - herring gull
                           01 Larus argentatus argentatusᵀ Pontoppidan, 1763 - herring gull
                           02 Larus argentatus glaucoides Meyer, 1822 see Larus glaucoides glaucoides Meyer, 1822
                           03 Larus argentatus californicus Lawrence, 1854 see Larus californicus Lawrence, 1854
                           04 Larus argentatus omissus Pleske, 1928 see Larus argentatus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763
                           05 Larus argentatus thayeri W.S. Brooks, 1915 see Larus thayeri Brooks, 1915
                           06 Larus argentatus vegae Palmén, 1887 - Vega gull
                           07 Larus argentatus smithsonianus Coues, 1862
                           08 Larus argentatus heuglini Bree, 1876 - Heuglin's gull see Larus fuscus heuglini Bree, 1876
                           09 Larus argentatus antelius Iredale, 1913 see Larus fuscus heuglini Bree, 1876
                           10 Larus argentatus mongolicus Sushkin, 1925 see Larus cachinnans mongolicus Sushkin, 1925
                           11 Larus argentatus cachinnans Pallas, 1811 see Larus cachinnans cachinnans Pallas, 1811
                           12 Larus argentatus michahellis Naumann, 1840 see Larus cachinnans michahellis Naumann, 1840
                           13 Larus argentatus atlantis Dwight, 1922 see Larus cachinnans atlantis Dwight, 1922