Gull Species Page

I have followed the classification of species as in Malling Olsen apart from the Asian large white-headed gulls, where assignment of forms to species is still somewhat uncertain. For simplicity I have presented these (e.g. barabensis) separately.

Species
Ivory Gull	Pagophila eburnea
Franklin's Gull	Larus pipixcan
Iceland Gull (kumlieni, glaucoides)	Larus glaucoides kumlieni
Thayer's Gull	Larus thayeri
American Herring Gull	Larus smithsonianius
Glaucous Gull	Larus hyperboreus
European Herring Gull (argentatus, argenteus)	Larus argentatus argentatus/argenteus
Yellow-legged Gull (michahellis)	Larus michahellis
Lesser Black-backed Gull (graellsii, intermedius)	Larus fuscus graellsii/intermedius
Heuglin's Gull	Larus heuglini heuglini/taimyrensis
Steppe Gull	Larus barabensis
Kelp Gull	Larus dominicanus
Little Gull	Larus minutus
Mew Gull	Larus brachyrhynchus
Kamchatka Gull	Larus canus kamtschatschensis
Yellow-footed Gull	Larus livens
Black-tailed Gull	Larus crassirostris
Mongolian Gull	Larus mongolicus
Vega Gull	Larus vegae
Slaty-backed Gull	Larus schistisagus
Glaucous-winged Gull	Larus glaucescens
Unidentified or Hybrid Gulls
Winter Gulls (Virginia) 2009-10
Winter Gulls (Virginia) 2011 Jan 29 Feb 4 & 5th
Japan Gulls February 2010
Japan Gulls February 2011