WoRMS taxon details
Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823
AphiaID: 212624
AphiaID: 212624
| 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: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details] additional source: Worthy, T. (2009). Aves (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Mexico [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] South Africa (country) [details] Southern Ocean [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (227 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (318 nucleotides; 151 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Breeding Category: Breeding [details] Description: Length: 56-60 cm. Plumage: wings and back black; rest of plumage white; white training edge to wing. Immature mottled brownish grey on white, back and wings grey brown, below whiter with less mottling. Bare parts: iris light grey to straw yellow or hazel; eyering orange to red; bill bright yellow with red near tip of lower mandible; feet and legs greenish with darker joints. Habitat: estuaries, coastal beaches, off-shore waters; rare inland. Breeding resident in southern Africa, vagrant elsewhere. <389><391><393> [details] IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern [details] Remark: Forms a superspecies with L. argentatus & L. fuscus [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212624 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212624 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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