Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinus - Goéland marin
Systematics
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family:
Laridés
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Genus:
Larus
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Species:
marinus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 79 cm
- Wingspan: 152 à 167 cm.
- Weight: 1150 à 2150 g
Longevity
20 years
Geographic range
Description identification
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) is a species of bird in the Laridae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Goéland marin,
- Gavión atlántico,
- gaivotão-real,
- Mantelmöwe,
- dolmányos sirály,
- Grote Mantelmeeuw,
- Mugnaiaccio,
- havstrut,
- Svartbak,
- čajka morská,
- racek mořský,
- Svartbag,
- merilokki,
- gavinot atlàntic,
- Svartbakur,
- mewa siodłata,
- melnspārnu kaija,
- veliki galeb,
- Морская чайка,
- オオカモメ,
- 大黑背鸥,
- 大黑背鷗,
Habitat
Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged), Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands, Coastal Sand Dunes
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes