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    The European herring gull (Larus argentatus) is a large gull, up to 66 cm (26 in) long. It breeds throughout the northern and western coasts of Europe...
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    The American herring gull or Smithsonian gull (Larus smithsonianus or Larus argentatus smithsonianus) is a large gull that breeds in North America, where...
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    (λάῥος) or Latin larus, which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird. The type species is the great black-backed gull (Larus marinus). The...
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    which is called "silver gull" in many other languages (scientific name Larus argentatus, German Silbermöwe, French Goéland argenté, Dutch zilvermeeuw), but...
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    original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2011. "AnAge entry for Larus argentatus". The Animal Ageing and Longevity Database. Archived from the original...
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    species and therefore call it Larus argentatus smithsonianus, while others consider it a full species and therefore call it Larus smithsonianus (and the user...
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  • Herring gull (category Larus)
    smithsonianus) - North America European herring gull (Larus argentatus) - Northern Europe Vega gull (Larus vegae) - East Asia Additional species formerly included...
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    Vega gull (redirect from Larus vegae)
    the American herring gull and European herring gull in L. argentatus. The Mongolian gull, Larus mongolicus, has previously been regarded as a subspecies...
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  • geographically adjacent populations as in a standard cline. In the case of Larus gulls, the habitats of the end populations even overlap, which introduces...
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    predation. Great black-backed gull has a bulky, powerful beak Larus marinus and Larus argentatus together, Øresund Great black-backed gulls displaying Juvenile...
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    more broadly as a subspecies of the herring gull L. argentatus. The genus name is from Latin Larus which appears to have referred to a gull or other large...
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  • smaller than the glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) and significantly larger than the American herring gull (Larus argentatus smithsonianus). Shufeldt, R....
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    colonies of lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus), herring gulls (Larus argentatus) and great black-backed gulls (Larus marinus). It is also home to slowworms...
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    black-headed, great black-backed, lesser black-backed (Larus fuscus), herring (Larus argentatus argenteus), and glaucous gulls' nests through 1 June. For...
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  • periwinkle Littorina saxatilis (a littoral snail) and the herring gull Larus argentatus (and perhaps other members of the herring gull complex). The immature...
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    European herring gull (Larus argentatus): The bird on the right is uncovering its uropygial gland to distribute the gland's oil through the plumage by...
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    A herring gull (Larus argentatus) excreting waste near Île-de-Bréhat....
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    black-crowned night herons (Nycticorax nycticorax), the European herring gull (Larus argentatus), the wels catfish (Silurus glanis), and the northern pike (Esox lucius)...
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    Seven "species" of Larus gulls interbreed in a ring around the Arctic. Opposite ends of the ring: a herring gull (Larus argentatus) (front) and a lesser...
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    Armenia, ISBN 0-9657429-1-1 Media related to Larus armenicus at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Larus armenicus at Wikispecies Armenian gull photos...
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    vegae, 6: L. smithsonianus, 7: L. argentatus Herring gull (Larus argentatus) (front) and lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) (behind) in Norway: two...
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    1078/0944-2006-00026. PMID 16351835. Dewey, Tanya; Spencer, Shane. "ADW: Larus argentatus: INFORMATION". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 8 April 2023. "Plants...
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    Herring gulls (Larus argentatus) and great black-backed gulls (Larus marinus) in Vestfjord, Norway eating fish remnants after fishers cleaned their catch...
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  • (1956), Painting the Sea (1969), and The Story of the Herring Gull: Larus Argentatus (1977). In 1962, deGarthe wintered in Florida where he studied sculpture...
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    Omissus (Larus argentatus omissus) is a variant of European herring gull. It is largely similar to a common herring gull, but unlike the common species...
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    the Begging Response in the Newly Hatched Herring Gull Chick (Larus Argentatus Argentatus Pont.)". Behaviour. 3 (1): 1–39. doi:10.1163/156853951X00197...
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    Herring gull, Larus argentatus (B) Iceland gull, Larus glaucoides Lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus (A) Slaty-backed gull, Larus schistisagus (A)...
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    Leucophaeus pipixcan Glaucous gull, Larus hyperboreus Glaucous-winged gull, Larus glaucescens (A) Great black-backed gull, Larus marinus Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon...
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    primarily 0.5–1 kg-sized birds such as the European herring gull (Larus argentatus), common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), and common eider (Somateria mollissima)...
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    Ring-billed gull, Larus delawarensis LC Western gull, Larus occidentalis LC California gull, Larus californicus LC Herring gull, Larus argentatus LC Yellow-legged...
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