Larus hyperboreus
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Adriaens, Peter
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: WoRMS (2026). Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137145 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2011-04-08T08:18:06Z
replaces: 1417930
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767
class: Aves
family: Laridae
genus: Larus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Leem, K. (1767). Beskrivelse over Finmarkens Lapper: Om Finmarkens vilde firefødde Dyr og Fugle, samt Lappernes Maade at fange dem paa. Kjøbenhavn : Salikath. 181-294.
name published in: Brünnich, M. T. (1764). Ornithologia borealis, sistens collectionem, avium ex omnibus, imperio Danico subjectis, provinciis insulisque borealibus Hafniæ factam, cum descriptionibus novarum, nominibus incolarum, locis natalium et icone. Hafniæ. (J. C. Kall). pp. [1-7], 1-80, 1 pl.
name published in year: 1767
name published in year: 1764
order: Charadriiformes
parent name usage ID: 137043
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: Gunnerus, 1767
specific epithet: hyperboreus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted