Glaucous gull
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q27375
Library of congress:
sh2010012682
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Alaska seabird information series: Glaucous gull, 2006:(Glaucous gull, Larus hyperboreus)
- ITIS, searched Aug. 2, 2010(Larus hyperboreus; common name Glaucous gull)
- Avibase, searched Aug. 2, 2010(Larus hyperboreus; common names: Glaucous gull, Point Barrow gull; not the same species as Glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens))
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Wikipedia description:
The glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) is a large gull, the second-largest gull in the world. The genus name is from Latin larus, which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird. The specific name hyperboreus is Latin for "northern" from the Ancient Greek Huperboreoi people from the far north "Glaucous" is from Latin glaucus and denotes the grey colour of the gull. An older English name for this species is burgomaster.
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