Glaucous Gull
Glaucous Gull
Here the details of the Glaucous Gull named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Larus hyperboreus Beskr.Finm.Lapper[Leem] p.226,note
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Laridae / Larus
Taxonomy Code: glagul
Type Locality: Northern Norway.
Author: Gunnerus
Publish Year: 1767
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LARUS
(Laridae; Ϯ Great Black-backed Gull L. marinus) L. larus rapacious seabird, probably a gull < Gr. λαρος laros voracious seabird, perhaps a gull; the Great Black-backed Gull, the largest member of the Laridae, breeds only on sea coasts, where it is a true predator; "69. LARUS. Rostrum edentulum, rectum, cultratum, apice declive: Mandibula inferior infra apicem gibba. Nares lineares, antice latiores. ... Pulli primi anni plurumque in his grisei sunt; unde speciei multiplicatio." (Linnaeus 1758); "Larus Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 136. Type, by subsequent designation, Larus marinus Linné (Selby, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Types Aves, 1840, p. 48)" (Peters 1934, II, 313). Linnaeus's Larus comprised six species (L. tridactylus, L. canus, L. marinus, L. fuscus, L. Atricilla, L. parasiticus).
Synon. Adelarus, Atricilla, Blasipus, Bruchigavia, Caturates, Chroicocephalus, Cirrhocephala, Clupeilarus, Dominicanus, Einalia, Epitelarus, Gabianus, Gavia, Gavina, Gelastes, Glaucus, Hydropeleia, Ichthyaetus, Lambruschinia, Laroides, Lencus, Leucophaeus, Melagavia, Melanolarus, Microlarus, Misamichus, Ocyplanus, Pacificolarus, Plautus, Procellarus.
hyperborea / hyperboreus
L. hyperboreus northern < Gr. Ὑπερβορεοι Huperboreoi a people of the extreme north.
● Lapland and Hudson Bay; ex “Larus fidipes alter” of Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, “Tringa fuscus canadensis” of Edwards 1743-1751, “Phalaropus cinereus” of Brisson 1760, and Tringa lobata Linnaeus, 1761 (syn. Phalaropus lobatus).
SUBSPECIES
Glaucous Gull (hyperboreus)
SCI Name: Larus hyperboreus hyperboreus
hyperborea / hyperboreus
L. hyperboreus northern < Gr. Ὑπερβορεοι Huperboreoi a people of the extreme north.
● Lapland and Hudson Bay; ex “Larus fidipes alter” of Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, “Tringa fuscus canadensis” of Edwards 1743-1751, “Phalaropus cinereus” of Brisson 1760, and Tringa lobata Linnaeus, 1761 (syn. Phalaropus lobatus).
Glaucous Gull (pallidissimus)
SCI Name: Larus hyperboreus pallidissimus
pallidissima / pallidissimus
L. pallidissimus very pale < super. pallidus pale < pallere to be pale.
Glaucous Gull (barrovianus)
SCI Name: Larus hyperboreus barrovianus
barrovianus
Point Barrow, Alaska, USA.
Glaucous Gull (leuceretes)
SCI Name: Larus hyperboreus leuceretes
leuceretes
Gr. λευκηρης leukērēs blanched, white < λευκος leukos white; αιρω airō to enhance.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)