WoRMS taxon details
Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823
212624 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212624)
accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Length: 56-60 cm. Plumage: wings and back black; rest of plumage white; white training edge to wing. Immature mottled...
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]
WoRMS (2023). Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212624 on 2023-12-09
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1998-08-28 07:21:49Z
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Depew, Lorna
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basis of record
Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details]
additional source Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. <em>Conservation Biology.</em> 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13885 [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details]
additional source Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. <em>Conservation Biology.</em> 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13885 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | kelpmeeuw | [details] |
| English | Southern black-backed gullkelp gullDominican gull | [details] |
| French | goéland dominicain | [details] |
| German | Dominikanermöwe | [details] |
