WoRMS taxon details

Larus glaucoides glaucoides Meyer, 1822

159075  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159075)

accepted
Subspecies
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution North America; range extends throughout the Canadian Atlantic  
Distribution North America; range extends throughout the Canadian Atlantic [details]
WoRMS (2024). Larus glaucoides glaucoides Meyer, 1822. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159075 on 2024-03-29
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2005-05-27 09:47:05Z
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2011-04-08 06:18:06Z
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basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

additional source Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details]   

additional source Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p. [details]   

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]   

additional source Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p. [details]   

additional source Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p., available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission RĂ©gionale de Biologie RĂ©gion Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Dimensions Length: 22" (56 cm); Wingspan: 54" (137 cm) [details]

Distribution North America; range extends throughout the Canadian Atlantic [details]

Reproduction Breeds in Greenland and the eastern Canadian Arctic; also in Iceland. Winters south of the Atlantic Coast from Labrador to Virginia, on the Great Lakes, and in Iceland and northern Europe. [details]
LanguageName 
English Iceland gull  [details]
Swedish vitvingad trut, rasen glaucoidesrasen glaucoides  [details]