Great Black-backed Gull

SCI Name:  Larus marinus
Protonym:  Larus marinus Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.136
Taxonomy:  Charadriiformes / Laridae / Larus
Taxonomy Code:  gbbgul
Type Locality:  Europe, restricted type locality = Gotland, Sweden.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

LARUS
(Laridae; Ϯ Great Black-backed Gull L. marinus) L. larus  rapacious seabird, probably a gull  < Gr. λαρος laros  voracious seabird, perhaps a gull; the Great Black-backed Gull, the largest member of the Laridae, breeds only on sea coasts, where it is a true predator; "69. LARUS.  Rostrum edentulum, rectum, cultratum, apice declive: Mandibula inferior infra apicem gibba.  Nares lineares, antice latiores.   ...   Pulli primi anni plurumque in his grisei sunt; unde speciei multiplicatio." (Linnaeus 1758); "Larus Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 136. Type, by subsequent designation, Larus marinus Linné (Selby, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Types Aves, 1840, p. 48)" (Peters 1934, II, 313). Linnaeus's Larus comprised six species (L. tridactylus, L. canus, L. marinus, L. fuscus, L. Atricilla, L. parasiticus).
Synon. Adelarus, Atricilla, Blasipus, Bruchigavia, Caturates, Chroicocephalus, Cirrhocephala, Clupeilarus, Dominicanus, Einalia, Epitelarus, Gabianus, Gavia, Gavina, Gelastes, Glaucus, Hydropeleia, Ichthyaetus, Lambruschinia, Laroides, Lencus, Leucophaeus, Melagavia, Melanolarus, Microlarus, Misamichus, Ocyplanus, Pacificolarus, Plautus, Procellarus.

marinus
L. marinus  marine  < mare, maris  sea.
● "69. LARUS.  ...  marinus.  3. L. albus, dorso nigro. It. Gottl. 214. It. Wgot. 156.  Larus nigrescens marinus. Clus. exot. 104. Alb. av. 3. p. 89. t. 94.  Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Larus).
● TL. Ongea Levu, Lau Archipelago, Fiji (subsp. Todiramphus chloris).