Gulls
Larinae
Gulls or seagulls are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari. They are most closely related to the terns (family Sternidae) and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders. Until the 21st century, most gulls were placed in the genus Larus, but this arrangement is now known to be polyphyletic, leading to the resurrection of several genera. An older name for gulls is mews, cognate with German Möwe, Danish...
16 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 54 known species
Large White-headed Gulls
genusLarus
Masked Gulls and allies
genusChroicocephalus
Hooded Gulls
genusLeucophaeus
Large Black-headed Gulls and allies
genusIchthyaetus
Kittiwakes
genusRissa
Hydrocoloeus
genusHydrocoloeus
Xema
genusXema
Creagrus
genusCreagrus
Saundersilarus
genusSaundersilarus
Pagophila
genusPagophila
Rhodostethia
genusRhodostethia
Chroicocephalus × Ichthyaetus
genushybridChroicocephalus × Ichthyaetus
Masked × Large White-headed Gulls
genushybridChroicocephalus × Larus
Hooded × Large White-headed Gulls
genushybridLeucophaeus × Larus
Chroicocephalus × Leucophaeus
genushybridChroicocephalus × Leucophaeus
Ichthyaetus × Larus
genushybridIchthyaetus × Larus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 447155.