Gulls (Laridae)
Mew Gull (Larus canus) - HBW 3, p. 603
French: Goéland cendré
German: Sturmmöwe
Spanish: Gaviota Cana
Other common names: Common Gull (Eurasia); Short-billed Gull (brachyrhynchus)
Taxonomy: Larus canus Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Sometimes considered to form a superspecies with L. delawarensis, but morphometric analysis links it instead with L. melanocephalus. L. glaucus is a synonym. Race kamtschatschensis sometimes treated as a separate species, but interbreeds with heinei in Siberia. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- canus Linnaeus, 1758 - Iceland and British Is E to White Sea; winters from Europe to N Africa and Persian Gulf.
- heinei Homeyer, 1853 - Russia, from Kanin Peninsula and Moscow area E to NC Siberia (R Lena); winters in SE Europe and at Black and Caspian Seas.
- kamtschatschensis (Bonaparte, 1857) - NE Siberia; winters SE Asia.
- brachyrhynchus Richardson, 1831 - N Alaska and N Mackenzie S to S British Columbia and N Saskatchewan; winters S to California.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult bird on a rock Locality Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark County, Norway
Javier Ortas 27 June 2010 1 year ago 31 sec 4.6 -
A leucistic adult individual in the beach, sunning Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp brachyrhynchus)
Don DesJardin 31 October 2002 4 years ago 15 sec 4.6 -
A close up of a young. Locality Utrecht Province, Netherlands
Javier Ortas 8 February 2010 1 year ago 30 sec 4.5 -
A bird in second-winter plumage bathing Locality Lier, Antwerp Province, Belgium
Leo Janssen 26 February 2000 8 years ago 30 sec 4.3 -
A bird stamping the ground to make worms surface as they do when it rains Locality Goes, Zeeland Province, Netherlands (ssp canus)
Christian Dortu 31 October 2004 6 years ago 30 sec 4.2 -
A bird in first-winter plumage searching for food Locality Lier, Antwerp Province, Belgium
Leo Janssen 26 February 2000 8 years ago 28 sec 4.2
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A Mew Gull attacked by a Hooded Crow
Locality Berlin, Germany
Susanne Rintelen 29 January 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
a bird lands on the ice
Locality Finland
Franck Renard 29 April 2008 3 years ago 4.5 -
Common Gull, diving for fish
Locality Priory Country Park, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, Great Britain
Ian Barker 23 October 2011 10 weeks ago 4.2 -
Common Gull, diving for fish
Locality Priory Country Park, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, Great Britain
Ian Barker 23 October 2011 10 weeks ago 4 -
An adult which has been returning to the same locality irregularly since November 2004 and ringed as a pullus in Denmark on 29 J
Locality Pitsford Reservoir, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, Great Britain
Dave Jackson 31 December 2009 1 year ago 4 -
An adult which has been returning to the same locality irregularly since November 2004 and ringed as a pullus in Denmark on 29 J
Locality Pitsford Reservoir, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, Great Britain
Dave Jackson 5 January 2010 1 year ago 4
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Calls of 2 birds flying past Locality Castricum, North Holland Province, Netherlands
(ssp canus)
Stuart Fisher 31 May 2002 2 years ago 4.5 -
Long call of two birds Locality London, England, Great Britain
(ssp canus)
Stuart Fisher 14 February 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Calls of several birds competing for bread scraps with Black-headed Gulls Locality London, England, Great Britain
(ssp canus)
Stuart Fisher 19 December 2009 2 years ago 4
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