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    Species Accepted

    Larus marinus Linnaeus, 1758

    Great Black-backed Gull
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Larus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      88 results
      Alcatraz-comum Portuguese
      Arspag Scottish Gaelic
      Balnotasis kiras Lithuanian
      Crni galeb Serbian
      Gaivotón Galician
      Gaviluetu Leonese
      Gavinot Catalan–Valencian
      Gaviota Mayor Spanish
      Gaviota espaldinegra Spanish
      Gavión Spanish

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      11 results
      Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p. Published in
      De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264
      Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp.
      PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
      Gill, Frank, & and Minturn Wright. (2006). Birds of the World: Recommended English Names.
      Peters, & James Lee. (1934). Check-List of Birds of the World, Vol. 2.
      Dickinson, E. C., and J. V. Remsen Jr., eds. (2013). The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 4th Edition, Vol. 1 Non-Passerines.
      Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner. (1987). Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, No. 166.
      Coues, E. (1862). Revision of the gulls of North America; based upon specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution.
      Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

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