Larus argentatus

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Charadriiformes • Familia: Laridae • Genus: Larus • Species: Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763

IUCN: Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763 (Least Concern)

For former subspecies L. argentatus smithsonianus (American Herring Gull), see Larus smithsonianus, Category:Larus smithsonianus

Vernacular names

English: Herring Gull · Dansk: Sølvmåge · Deutsch: Silbermöwe · Esperanto: Arĝentmevo · Eʋegbe: Hõbekajakas · Français: Goéland argenté · Nederlands: Zilvermeeuw · 日本語: セグロカモメ · Polski: Mewa srebrzysta · Slovenščina: Srebrni galeb · Suomi: Harmaalokki · Svenska: Gråtrut · 中文（繁體）‎: 黑脊鷗(銀鷗) · 中文（简体）‎: 银鸥 ·

Europe [edit]

Subspecies argentatus [edit]

Adults

Juist, Germany
Juist, Germany
Adult winter, Denmark.
Warnemünde, Germany
Frøya, Norway
Frøya, Norway
Poland
Type "omissus" with yellowish legs; Helgoland, Germany

Young

Juvenile, Sandesneben, Germany
Subadult (3rd-4th winter), Poland
Near-adult (4th-5th winter), Schlichtkleid, Ostseestrand, Germany
Larus argentatus near-adult (4th-5th year) (in front), Larus fuscus behind; Kristiansand, Norway
Chick in nest with egg

Subspecies argenteus [edit]

Adults

Dornoch, Scotland
Dornoch, Scotland
Colour ringed bird, Helgoland, Germany
Herring Gull stealing food from a man
At Pas de Calais, France
At Düne, Helgoland, northern Germany
Carcass on the shore of Düne
At Düne, Helgoland, northern Germany
Saint Malo, Bretagne, France
Saint Malo, Bretagne, France
Saint Malo, Bretagne, France
Saint Malo, Bretagne, France
Saint Malo, Bretagne, France
Saint Malo, Bretagne, France
France
Breeding colony at Bretagne, France
Bretagne, France
Bretagne, France
Helgoland, Germany
Helgoland, Germany
Herring Gull vs. Lesser Black-backed Gull
Yawning at Dornoch, Scotland.
North Devon, England
Gull and lighthouse, Jersey
Cornwall, England
Cornwall, England
Cornwall, England
Fighting
Fighting
Fighting
Fighting
Fighting
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Trégastel, France
Helgoland, Germany
Adult with juvenile; Germany
Helgoland, Germany
Fries Wad, Netherlands
Mating pair, Brighton, England
At Norderney, northern Germany
Germany
This bird seems a giant as it is on a miniature building; Madurodam, Netherlands
Sandesneben, Germany
Hastings, England
Adult with mud on beak, Germany
Helgoland, Germany
Saint Malo, Bretagne, France
North Germany
Llandudno, Wales
London (low resolution!)