Mew Gull

SCI Name:  Larus canus
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Taxonomy:  Charadriiformes / Laridae / Larus
Taxonomy Code:  mewgul
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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.

canus
L. canus  grey.
● ex “Psittacula Madagascariensis” of Brisson 1760, “Petite Perruche de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 791, fig. 2, “Perruche à tête grise” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grey-headed Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (Agapornis).
● "69. LARUS.  ...  canus.  2. L. albus, dorso cano. Fn. svec. 125.  Larus albus. Alb. av. 2. p. 77. t. 84.  Habitat in Europa.  Agitati Lari evomunt aut explodunt cibum." (Linnaeus 1758) (Larus).
● ex “Picus viridis norwegicus” of Brisson 1760, and “Grey-headed green Woodpecker” of Edwards 1747, and Latham 1782 (Picus).

Canutus
(Scolopacidae; syn. Calidris † Red Knot C. canutus) Specific name Tringa Canutus Linnaeus, 1758; "LE CANUT.  ... CANUTUS.  ...Les Anglois, & sur-tout ceux qui habitent la Province de Lincoln, l'appellent KNOT.  ... Cet Oiseau s'engraisse aisément, & est très-bon à manger" (Brisson 1760); "Knot.   Canutus.   Schnabel länglicht: kegelförmig, stumpf.   Knot der englischen Naturforscher." (Merrem 1804); "Strandläufer.  Canutus, Briss. (Tringa Islandica, Linn.)" (C. Brehm 1831); "Canutus Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vög. Deuts., p. 653, 1831—type, by tautonymy, Tringa canutus Linnaeus." (Hellmayr and Conover, 1948, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. I (3), p. 166).
Var. Canus.

SUBSPECIES

Mew Gull (European)
SCI Name: Larus canus canus
canus
L. canus  grey.
● ex “Psittacula Madagascariensis” of Brisson 1760, “Petite Perruche de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 791, fig. 2, “Perruche à tête grise” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grey-headed Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (Agapornis).
● "69. LARUS.  ...  canus.  2. L. albus, dorso cano. Fn. svec. 125.  Larus albus. Alb. av. 2. p. 77. t. 84.  Habitat in Europa.  Agitati Lari evomunt aut explodunt cibum." (Linnaeus 1758) (Larus).
● ex “Picus viridis norwegicus” of Brisson 1760, and “Grey-headed green Woodpecker” of Edwards 1747, and Latham 1782 (Picus).

Mew Gull (Russian)
SCI Name: Larus canus heinei
heinei
Ferdinand Heine (1809-1894) German ornithologist, founder of Mus. Heineanum, Halberstadt (subsp. Alaudala rufescens, subsp. Clytorhynchus vitiensis, subsp. Larus canus, syn. Ognorhynchus icterotis, Tangara, Zoothera).

Mew Gull (Kamchatka)
SCI Name: Larus canus kamtschatschensis
kamschaticus / kamtchatchensis / kamtschathensis / kamtschatica / kamtschaticus / kamtschatika / kamtschatkensis / kamtschatschensis
Kamchatka, Far Eastern Russia (named after the Kamchadal peoples, "men of the far end.").

Mew Gull (American)
SCI Name: Larus canus brachyrhynchus
brachyrhynchus / brachyrrhynchus
Gr. βραχυς brakhus  short; ῥυγχος rhunkhos  bill.