Common gull

Common gull
Adult in breeding plumage, Norway
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Larus
Species:
L. canus
Binomial name
Larus canus

The common gull or sea mew (Larus canus) is a medium-sized gull that breeds in the Palearctic. The closely related short-billed gull is sometimes included in this species, which may be known collectively as "mew gull". Many common gulls migrate further south in winter.[2]

  1. ^ BirdLife International. (2019) [amended version of 2018 assessment]. "Larus canus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22694308A155576460. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22694308A155576460.en. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference hbw was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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