Armenian Gull Larus armenicus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (38)
- Monotypic
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Arabic | نورس ارميني |
Armenian | Հայկական որոր |
Azerbaijani | Ermənistan qağayısı |
Basque | Kaio armeniarra |
Bulgarian | Арменска чайка |
Catalan | gavià d'Armènia |
Chinese (SIM) | 亚美尼亚鸥 |
Croatian | armenski galeb |
Czech | racek arménský |
Danish | Armensk Måge |
Dutch | Armeense meeuw |
English | Armenian Gull |
English (United States) | Armenian Gull |
Finnish | armenianlokki |
French | Goéland d'Arménie |
French (Canada) | Goéland d'Arménie |
German | Armenienmöwe |
Greek | Ασημόγλαρος της Αρμενίας |
Hebrew | שחף ארמני |
Hungarian | Örmény sirály |
Icelandic | Leirumáfur |
Japanese | アルメニアセグロカモメ |
Latvian | Armēnijas kaija |
Lithuanian | Armėninis kiras |
Norwegian | armenermåke |
Persian | کاکایی ارمنی |
Polish | mewa armeńska |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Gaivota-da-arménia |
Romanian | Pescăruș armenian |
Russian | Армянская чайка |
Serbian | Jermenski galeb |
Slovak | čajka arménska |
Slovenian | Armenski galeb |
Spanish | Gaviota Armenia |
Spanish (Spain) | Gaviota armenia |
Swedish | armenisk trut |
Turkish | Van Gölü Martısı |
Ukrainian | Мартин севанський |
Revision Notes
Guy M. Kirwan made updates throughout the account with contributions from Peter Pyle on the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page, and Tim S. David on the Systematics page. Claire Walter copyedited the account. Tammy Zhang curated the media.
Larus armenicus Buturlin, 1934
Definitions
- LARUS
- armenica / armenicus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Introduction
The Armenian Gull, so named because it was originally described from Armenia, has spent most of its history in relative obscurity as a subspecies, but since the mid 1980s has been increasingly recognized as a species-level taxon. It nests in the Caucasus, through Armenia and southwest Georgia, to northeast, central, and south-central Türkiye, and northwest (locally west-central) Iran; the bulk of the population spends the non-breeding season relatively close to (but not at) the colonies, albeit also south to the eastern Mediterranean (especially Israel), in the northern Red Sea, and even less commonly in the northern Persian Gulf. Until recently, Armenian Gull was considered to be Near Threatened, but it has been downlisted to Least Concern based on a re-evaluation of its overall population size, which was estimated in 2021 to number 45,000‒73,000 individuals and is currently believed to be increasing overall. However, subpopulations in Türkiye and Iran are thought to be declining. In the past, the species was persecuted because of its perceived damage to fisheries, and its eggs were harvested for food.
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- Breeding
- Non-Breeding