Dolphin Gull Leucophaeus scoresbii Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (28)
- Monotypic
Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, Ernest Garcia, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.1 — Published September 13, 2024
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Делфинова чайка |
| Catalan | gavina de Magallanes |
| Croatian | mageljanski galeb |
| Czech | racek magellanský |
| Danish | Magellanmåge |
| Dutch | Dolfijnmeeuw |
| English | Dolphin Gull |
| English (United States) | Dolphin Gull |
| Estonian | röövkajakas |
| Finnish | patagonianlokki |
| French | Goéland de Scoresby |
| French (Canada) | Goéland de Scoresby |
| German | Blutschnabelmöwe |
| Icelandic | Skorumáfur |
| Japanese | マゼランカモメ |
| Norwegian | magellanmåke |
| Polish | mewa magellańska |
| Russian | Магелланова чайка |
| Serbian | Delfinski galeb |
| Slovak | čajka delfínia |
| Slovenian | Delfinji galeb |
| Spanish | Gaviota Patagona |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Gaviota Gris |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gaviota austral |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gaviota patagona |
| Swedish | delfinmås |
| Turkish | Yunus Martısı |
| Ukrainian | Мартин магеланський |
Revision Notes
Vicente Pantoja updated this version of the account by including all the information present in the journals "Boletín informativo CIPA", "Boletín Chileno de Ornitología", "Revista Chilena de Ornitología" and "La Chiricoca" as part of a partnership with Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile (ROC).
Leucophaeus scoresbii (Traill, 1823)
PROTONYM:
Larus Scoresbii
Traill, 1823. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 4(1822), p.514 pl.6 fig.1.
TYPE LOCALITY:
South Shetland Islands.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- LEUCOPHAEUS
- leucophaeus
- scoresbii / scoresbyi
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Dolphin Gull
