American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus Coues, 1862
Also calledAmerika arĝentmevo (epo) · Amerikaanse zilvermeeuw (nld) · Amerikanische Silbermöwe (deu) · Amerikinis sidabrinis kiras (lit) · Faoileán scadán Meiriceánach (gle) · Gabbiano americano (ita) · Gabbiano reale americano (ita) · Gaviota Plateada Americana (spa) · Gaviota argéntea americana (spa) · Goéland d'Amérique (fra) · Goéland d'Amérique, Goéland hudsonien (fra) · Goéland hudsonien (fra) · Kanadamöwe (deu) · Qiioqi (cor)
First described in: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14 p. 296
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
Distribution
Breeding regions are NA. Breeding subregions are n, w Alaska and n Yukon across subarctic Canada to Baffin I. and Newfoundland, s on e North Pacific coast to sc British Columbia; e to Great Lakes, inland ne USA and w North Atlantic coast s to North Carolina. Non breeding regions are Aleutian Is., e North Pacific coast to Nayarit (nc Mexico), Gulf of Mexico coast and inland to Honduras, Caribbean to Bahamas, Cuba and Cayman Is.; rarer farther s.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4848480.