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Larus melanocephalus Temminck, 1820 
AphiaID: 137147

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Laridae (Family) > Larus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Larus Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Albanian pulëbardha kokëzezë  [details]
Danish sorthovedet måge  [details]
Dutch zwartkopmeeuw  [details]
English Mediterranean gull  [details]
French mouette mélanocéphale  [details]
German Schwarzkopfmöwe  [details]
Hebrew שחף שחור-ראש  [details]
Italian gabbiano corallino  [details]
Lithuanian juodagalvis kiras  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Μαυροκέφαλος γλάρος  [details]
Norwegian svartehavsmåke  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål svartehavsmåke  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk svartehavsmåse  [details]
Polish mewa czarnogłowa  [details]
Romanian pescăruşul cu cap negru  [details]
Russian черноголовая чайка  [details]
Slovenian črnoglavi galeb  [details]
Spanish gaviota cabecinegra  [details]
Swedish svarthuvad mås  [details]
Turkish Akdeniz martısı  [details]
Ukrainian Мартин середземноморський  [details]
Welsh gwylan Môr y Canoldir  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Europe [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (229 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To IUCN Red List
To PESI
To ITIS
Images 


added on 2008-08-25 - author: FRANCOIS Roland
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-05 09:03:24



added on 2008-08-25 - author: FRANCOIS Roland
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-05 09:03:41

Larus melanocephalus
Larus melanocephalus
added on 2012-02-05 - author: VLIZ Collection
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-05 09:04:02

Larus melanocephalus in winter plumage
Larus melanocephalus in winter plumage
added on 2013-03-21 - author: Vitaly Giragosov ()
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-03-23 09:09:42
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137147
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Larus melanocephalus Temminck, 1820. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137147 on 2013-05-24
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