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 2 years ago 31 sec 4.6 -
A view of a bird at the nest, standing up alert, calling and then incubating again. Locality Potter Marsh, Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp brachyrhynchus)
Josep del Hoyo 1 June 2012 39 weeks ago 44 sec 4.5 -
Bath day. Locality Langeoog, East Frisian Islands, Lower Saxony, Germany
Christian Wiesmann 28 June 2012 43 weeks ago 1 min 44 sec 4.4 -
A leucistic adult individual in the beach, sunning Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp brachyrhynchus)
Don DesJardin 31 October 2002 5 years ago 15 sec 4.4 -
An immature among salmons. Locality Juneau, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp brachyrhynchus)
Vicky Cheng 1 August 2012 25 weeks ago 1 min 22 sec 4.3 -
Walking on rocks along lagoon outlet. Locality Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp brachyrhynchus)
Wayne Hall 2 May 2012 1 year ago 47 sec 4.3
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A Mew Gull attacked by a Hooded Crow
Locality Berlin, Germany
Susanne Rintelen 29 January 2010 3 years ago 4.6 -
a bird lands on the ice
Locality Finland (ssp canus)
Franck Renard 29 April 2008 4 years ago 4.5 -
juvenile
Locality Poland
Paul Cools 15 August 2010 27 weeks ago 4.3 -
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 3 years ago 4.3 -
Couple
Locality Obourg, Hainaut Province, Belgium
Marc FASOL 7 May 2009 24 weeks ago 4.2 -
Atop the Denali shuttle bus, this gull has the best seat on the bus.
Locality Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp brachyrhynchus)
dlm426 30 June 2012 28 weeks ago 4.2
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Calls of 2 birds flying past Locality Castricum, North Holland Province, Netherlands
(ssp canus)
Stuart Fisher 31 May 2002 3 years ago 4.5 -
Calls by a group of birds. Locality Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (United States)
(ssp brachyrhynchus)
Josep del Hoyo 9 June 2012 38 weeks ago 4 -
Calls by several birds around a small colony. Locality Potter Marsh, Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (United States)
(ssp brachyrhynchus)
Josep del Hoyo 1 June 2012 39 weeks ago 4 -
Long call of two birds Locality London, England, Great Britain
(ssp canus)
Stuart Fisher 14 February 2010 3 years 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 3 years ago 4 -
An individual calling. Locality Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (United States)
(ssp brachyrhynchus)
Josep del Hoyo 26 May 2012 43 weeks ago 3
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