Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Bulgarian | Сива чайка |
Czech | racek tmavý |
Danish | Atacamamåge |
Dutch | Grijze Meeuw |
English | Gray Gull |
English (United States) | Gray Gull |
Finnish | aavikkolokki |
French | Goéland gris |
French (French Guiana) | Goéland gris |
German | Graumöwe |
Greek | Λευκόστικτος Γλάρος |
Icelandic | Sefmáfur |
Japanese | ハイイロカモメ |
Norwegian | ørkenmåke |
Polish | mewa szara |
Russian | Серая чайка |
Serbian | Sivi mali galeb |
Slovak | čajka púšťová |
Spanish | Gaviota Garuma |
Spanish (Argentina) | Gaviota Garuma |
Spanish (Chile) | Gaviota garuma |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Gaviota Torero |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Gaviota Gris |
Spanish (Mexico) | Gaviota Gris |
Spanish (Panama) | Gaviota Gris |
Spanish (Peru) | Gaviota Gris |
Spanish (Spain) | Gaviota garuma |
Swedish | ökenmås |
Turkish | Kül Rengi Martı |
Ukrainian | Мартин сірий |
Revision Notes
Rodrigo Silva, Ignacio Escobar, and Fernando Medrano revised the account as part of a partnership with Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile (ROC). Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. JoAnn Hackos, Robin K. Murie, Daphne R. Walmer, and Miriam Kowarski copy edited the account, August Davidson-Onsgard curated the media, and Huy Chi Truong generated the range map.
Leucophaeus modestus (von Tschudi, 1843)
PROTONYM:
Larus modestus
von Tschudi, 1843. Arch.Naturgesch. 9, p.389.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Shores of the Pacific Ocean = Lurin, south of Lima, Peru.
Definitions
- LEUCOPHAEUS
- leucophaeus
- modesta / modestum / modestus
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Gray Gull Leucophaeus modestus Scientific name definitions
Fernando Medrano, Ignacio Escobar Gutiérrez, and Rodrigo Silva
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