Chroicocephalus ridibundus Linnaeus 1758 (black-headed gull)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Laridae

Alternative combination: Larus ridibundus

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Chroicocephalus according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Linnaeus 1758, Olson and Rasmussen 2001 and Zelenkov et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Chroicocephalus bulleri, Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus, Chroicocephalus cucullatus, Chroicocephalus franklinii, Chroicocephalus hartlaubii, Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae, Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Type specimen: 1

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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