Mew Gull
Larus canus - Goéland cendré
Systematics
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family:
Laridés
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Genus:
Larus
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Species:
canus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 46 cm
- Wingspan: 106 à 125 cm.
- Weight: 300 à 500 g
Longevity
24 years
Geographic range
Description identification
Mew Gull (Larus canus) is a species of bird in the Laridae family.
Subspecific information 4 subspecies
- Larus canus canus (Iceland and the British Isles to White Sea)
- Larus canus heinei (w Russia to c Siberia)
- Larus canus kamtschatschensis (ne Siberia)
- Larus canus brachyrhynchus (n Alaska, w Canada)
Foreign names
- Goéland cendré,
- Gaviota cana,
- famego,
- Sturmmöwe,
- viharsirály,
- Stormmeeuw,
- Gavina,
- fiskmås,
- Fiskemåke,
- čajka sivá,
- racek bouřní,
- Stormmåge,
- kalalokki,
- gavina cendrosa,
- Stormmáfur,
- mewa siwa,
- kajaks,
- sivi galeb,
- Сизая чайка,
- カモメ,
- 海鸥,
- นกนางนวลปากเหลือง,
- 海鷗,
Habitat
Grassland : Temperate ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Marine Neritic
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v11.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes