Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (45)
- Subspecies (5)
Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, Ernest Garcia, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 3, 2017
Text last updated March 3, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swartrugmeeu |
| Basque | Kaio domingotarra |
| Bulgarian | Доминиканска чайка |
| Catalan | gavià de Lichtenstein |
| Czech | racek jižní |
| Danish | Tangmåge |
| Dutch | Kelpmeeuw |
| English | Kelp Gull |
| English (New Zealand) | Southern Black Backed Gull |
| English (United States) | Kelp Gull |
| Finnish | etelänselkälokki |
| French | Goéland dominicain |
| French (France) | Goéland dominicain |
| German | Dominikanermöwe |
| Greek | Μελανόγλαρος του Νότου |
| Hebrew | שחף דרומי |
| Hungarian | Déli sirály |
| Icelandic | Þangmáfur |
| Japanese | ミナミオオセグロカモメ |
| Lithuanian | Dominikinis kiras |
| Norwegian | taremåke |
| Polish | mewa południowa |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Gaivota-dominicana |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | gaivotão |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gaivotão-austral |
| Romanian | Pescăruș dominican |
| Russian | Доминиканская чайка |
| Serbian | Dominikanski galeb |
| Slovak | čajka vznešená |
| Slovenian | Oceanski galeb |
| Spanish | Gaviota Cocinera |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Gaviota Cocinera |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gaviota dominicana |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Gaviota Cocinera |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gaviota Dominicana |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Gaviota Meridional |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Gaviota Meridional |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gaviota Dominicana |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gaviota Dominicana |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gaviota cocinera |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Gaviota Cocinera |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Gaviota Cocinera |
| Swedish | kelptrut |
| Turkish | Yosun Martısı |
| Ukrainian | Мартин домініканський |
Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823
PROTONYM:
Larus dominicanus
Lichtenstein, 1823. Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischen, p.82.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Coasts of Brazil.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LARUS
- dominicanus
- Dominicanus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Kelp Gull
