Herring Gull

SCI Name:  Larus argentatus
Protonym:  Larus Argentatus Dansk.Atlas 1 p.622
Taxonomy:  Charadriiformes / Laridae / Larus
Taxonomy Code:  hergul
Type Locality:  No type localitj'' = Christiansoe, ex Brunnich, Orn. Boreal., 1764, p. 44.
Author:  Pontoppidan
Publish Year:  1763
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

LARUS
(Laridae; Ϯ Great Black-backed Gull L. marinus) L. larus  rapacious seabird, probably a gull  < Gr. λαρος laros  voracious seabird, perhaps a gull; the Great Black-backed Gull, the largest member of the Laridae, breeds only on sea coasts, where it is a true predator; "69. LARUS.  Rostrum edentulum, rectum, cultratum, apice declive: Mandibula inferior infra apicem gibba.  Nares lineares, antice latiores.   ...   Pulli primi anni plurumque in his grisei sunt; unde speciei multiplicatio." (Linnaeus 1758); "Larus Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 136. Type, by subsequent designation, Larus marinus Linné (Selby, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Types Aves, 1840, p. 48)" (Peters 1934, II, 313). Linnaeus's Larus comprised six species (L. tridactylus, L. canus, L. marinus, L. fuscus, L. Atricilla, L. parasiticus).
Synon. Adelarus, Atricilla, Blasipus, Bruchigavia, Caturates, Chroicocephalus, Cirrhocephala, Clupeilarus, Dominicanus, Einalia, Epitelarus, Gabianus, Gavia, Gavina, Gelastes, Glaucus, Hydropeleia, Ichthyaetus, Lambruschinia, Laroides, Lencus, Leucophaeus, Melagavia, Melanolarus, Microlarus, Misamichus, Ocyplanus, Pacificolarus, Plautus, Procellarus.

argentatus
L. argentatus  ornamented with silver  < argentum, argenti  silver.

SUBSPECIES

Herring Gull (American)
SCI Name: Larus argentatus smithsonianus
smithsonianus
The Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA, was inaugurated in 1846.  Named after James Smithson (earlier known as James Louis Macie) (1765-1829) illegitimate son of Hugh Smithson Percy 1st Duke of Northumberland, mineralogist, chemist, philosopher, with republican leanings, who left over £100,000 in his will to the USA for the foundation of an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge (Larus, syn. Ptilinopus coralensis).

Herring Gull (Vega)
SCI Name: Larus argentatus vegae
vegae
Exploration vessel Vega used by Nils Adolf Erik Baron Nordenskjøld (1832–1901) Swedish Arctic explorer (subsp. Larus smithsonianus).

Herring Gull (Mongolian)
SCI Name: Larus argentatus mongolicus
mongola / mongolica / mongolicus / mongolus
Mongolia. Until the early part of the 20^th century Mongolia was considered to include western Manchuria and parts of northern China.

Herring Gull (European)
SCI Name: Larus argentatus argentatus/argenteus
LARUS
(Laridae; Ϯ Great Black-backed Gull L. marinus) L. larus  rapacious seabird, probably a gull  < Gr. λαρος laros  voracious seabird, perhaps a gull; the Great Black-backed Gull, the largest member of the Laridae, breeds only on sea coasts, where it is a true predator; "69. LARUS.  Rostrum edentulum, rectum, cultratum, apice declive: Mandibula inferior infra apicem gibba.  Nares lineares, antice latiores.   ...   Pulli primi anni plurumque in his grisei sunt; unde speciei multiplicatio." (Linnaeus 1758); "Larus Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 136. Type, by subsequent designation, Larus marinus Linné (Selby, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Types Aves, 1840, p. 48)" (Peters 1934, II, 313). Linnaeus's Larus comprised six species (L. tridactylus, L. canus, L. marinus, L. fuscus, L. Atricilla, L. parasiticus).
Synon. Adelarus, Atricilla, Blasipus, Bruchigavia, Caturates, Chroicocephalus, Cirrhocephala, Clupeilarus, Dominicanus, Einalia, Epitelarus, Gabianus, Gavia, Gavina, Gelastes, Glaucus, Hydropeleia, Ichthyaetus, Lambruschinia, Laroides, Lencus, Leucophaeus, Melagavia, Melanolarus, Microlarus, Misamichus, Ocyplanus, Pacificolarus, Plautus, Procellarus.