Larus argentatus

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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Classis: Aves • Parvclassis: Neognathae • Ordo: Charadriiformes • Familia: Laridae • Genus: Larus • Species: Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763

ITIS link: Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763
IUCN link: Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763 (Least Concern)
For former subspecies L. argentatus smithsonianus (American Herring Gull), see Larus smithsonianus, Category:Larus smithsonianus

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

[edit] Europe

[edit] Subspecies argentatus, "omissus"

Adults

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

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

[edit] Subspecies argenteus

Adults

Rotterdam, Netherlands	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	Eating rubbish	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	London (low resolution!)	Hastings, England
Adult with mud on beak, Germany	Helgoland, Germany	Saint Malo, Bretagne, France	North Germany
Llandudno, Wales

Young

Fledgling, Dornoch, Scotland	Eggs; Bretagne, France	First-winter; Caernarfon, Wales	First summer, Brighton, England
First-summer	First-summer; Devon, England	Second summer	Immature; Brighton, England.
Immature (first or second summer); Brighton, England.	Immature (second or third summer); Brighton, England.	Juveniles, Netherlands	Immatures; Norderney, Germany
Juveniles, Lithuania	Immature (second winter); Zeebrugge, Belgium