WoRMS taxon details
Larus ichthyaetus Pallas, 1773
212627 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212627)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Pallas, P.S. (1773) Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. Theil 2 [Buch 1-2] St. Petersburg: Kayserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften. 744 + 6 p., 36 figs, maps. , available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN330045997 [details]
Description Length: 57-61 cm. Plumage: above, wings and back pale grey with some white edges to wing coverts; head white, hind crown...
Description Length: 57-61 cm. Plumage: above, wings and back pale grey with some white edges to wing coverts; head white, hind crown and hind neck brownish with darker streaking and dark patch around eye; breeding adult like non-breeding but with black hood, white eye crescents and white hind neck; primaries with some black in all plumages, white tipped in adults; white leading and trailing edges to spread wings. Immature similar to adult but with brownish mottling on wing coverts and black band on tail. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill massive, yellow with black band near tip, greyish pink with black tip in immature; feet and legs greenish yellow, grey in immature. Habitat: marine and fresh water beaches. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]
WoRMS (2024). Larus ichthyaetus Pallas, 1773. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212627 on 2024-04-16
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Pallas, P.S. (1773) Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. Theil 2 [Buch 1-2] St. Petersburg: Kayserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften. 744 + 6 p., 36 figs, maps. , available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN330045997 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong Offshore Wind Farm in SoutheasternWaters. EIA report. [details]
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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong Offshore Wind Farm in SoutheasternWaters. EIA report. [details]
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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Length: 57-61 cm. Plumage: above, wings and back pale grey with some white edges to wing coverts; head white, hind crown and hind neck brownish with darker streaking and dark patch around eye; breeding adult like non-breeding but with black hood, white eye crescents and white hind neck; primaries with some black in all plumages, white tipped in adults; white leading and trailing edges to spread wings. Immature similar to adult but with brownish mottling on wing coverts and black band on tail. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill massive, yellow with black band near tip, greyish pink with black tip in immature; feet and legs greenish yellow, grey in immature. Habitat: marine and fresh water beaches. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | stor sorthovedet måge | [details] |
| Dutch | reuzenzwartkopmeeuw | [details] |
| English | Pallas's gullgreat black-headed gull | [details] |
| French | goéland ichthyaète | [details] |
| German | Fischmöwe | [details] |
| Japanese | オオズグロカモメ | [details] |
| Lithuanian | kiras kvatoklis | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Αετόγλαρος | [details] |
| Polish | orlicamewa orlica | [details] |
| Russian | черноголовый хохотун чайка-рыболовморская мартышка | [details] |
| Slovenian | ribji galeb | [details] |
| Spanish | gavión cabecinegro | [details] |
| Turkish | büyük karabaş martıbuyuk karabas marti | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Чорноголовий реготунМартин каспійський (Реготун чорноголовий)Мартин каспійський | [details] |
