Aves - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Alternative combinations: Chroicocephalus atricilla, Leucophaeus atricilla
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 Larus according to C. Linnaeus 1758
See also Clements et al. 2017, Coues 1862, Hamon 1959, Olson and Rasmussen 2001 and Steadman et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Larus (Larus), Larus argentatus, Larus brachyrhynchus, Larus cachinnans, Larus californicus, Larus canus, Larus chalcopterus, Larus delawarensis, Larus dolnicensis, Larus dominicanus, Larus elmorei, Larus fuscus, Larus glaucescens, Larus glaucus, Larus heermanni, Larus hutchinsii, Larus hyperboreus, Larus lacus, Larus leucopterus, Larus marinus, Larus occidentalis, Larus oregonus, Larus perpetuus, Larus pristinus, Larus raemdonckii, Larus robustus, Larus smithsonianus, Larus utunui
Type specimen: 1
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (1 collection), Peru (1), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (3)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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