Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (41)
- Monotypic
Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 1, 2019
Text last updated August 1, 2019
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Gaviota arrosada |
| Basque | Antxeta arrosa |
| Bulgarian | Розова чайка |
| Catalan | gavina rosada |
| Chinese | 楔尾鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 楔尾鸥 |
| Croatian | ružičasti galeb |
| Czech | racek růžový |
| Danish | Rosenmåge |
| Dutch | Rossmeeuw |
| English | Ross's Gull |
| English (United States) | Ross's Gull |
| Faroese | Brandmási |
| Finnish | ruusulokki |
| French | Mouette rosée |
| French (France) | Mouette rosée |
| Galician | Gaivota rosada |
| German | Rosenmöwe |
| Greek | Ροδόγλαρος |
| Hebrew | שחף ורוד |
| Hungarian | Rózsás sirály |
| Icelandic | Rósamáfur |
| Italian | Gabbiano di Ross |
| Japanese | ヒメクビワカモメ |
| Latvian | Sārtā kaija |
| Lithuanian | Rožinis kiras |
| Mongolian | Ягаан цахлай |
| Norwegian | rosenmåke |
| Polish | mewa różowa |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gaivota-rosada |
| Romanian | Pescăruș roz |
| Russian | Розовая чайка |
| Serbian | Ružičasti galeb |
| Slovak | čajka ružová |
| Slovenian | Rožnati galeb |
| Spanish | Gaviota Rosada |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gaviota rosada |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Gaviota de Ross |
| Swedish | rosenmås |
| Turkish | Pembe Martı |
| Ukrainian | Мартин рожевий |
Rhodostethia rosea (MacGillivray, 1824)
PROTONYM:
Larus roseus
MacGillivray, 1824. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 5, p.249.
TYPE LOCALITY:
No locality = Melville Peninsula, based on specimen taken there on Parry's second voyage.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- RHODOSTETHIA
- rosea
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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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Ross's Gull
