Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (60)
- Monotypic
Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, Guy M. Kirwan, David Christie, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 21, 2017
Text last updated August 21, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swartkopmeeu |
| Albanian | Pulëbardha e zakonshme |
| Arabic | نورس اسود الرأس |
| Armenian | Սովորական որոր |
| Asturian | Gaviota ridora |
| Azerbaijani | Göl qağayısı |
| Basque | Antxeta mokogorria |
| Bulgarian | Речна чайка |
| Catalan | gavina riallera |
| Chinese | 紅嘴鷗 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 紅嘴鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 红嘴鸥 |
| Croatian | riječni galeb |
| Czech | racek chechtavý |
| Danish | Hættemåge |
| Dutch | Kokmeeuw |
| English | Black-headed Gull |
| English (United States) | Black-headed Gull |
| Faroese | Fransamási |
| Finnish | naurulokki |
| French | Mouette rieuse |
| French (France) | Mouette rieuse |
| Galician | Gaivota chorona |
| German | Lachmöwe |
| Greek | Καστανοκέφαλος Γλάρος |
| Hebrew | שחף אגמים |
| Hungarian | Dankasirály |
| Icelandic | Hettumáfur |
| Indonesian | Camar kepala-hitam |
| Italian | Gabbiano comune |
| Japanese | ユリカモメ |
| Korean | 붉은부리갈매기 |
| Latvian | Lielais ķīris |
| Lithuanian | Rudagalvis kiras |
| Malayalam | ചെറിയ കടൽക്കാക്ക |
| Marathi | काळ्या डोक्याचा कुरव |
| Mongolian | Хүрэн толгойт цахлай |
| Norwegian | hettemåke |
| Persian | کاکایی سرسیاه کوچک |
| Polish | śmieszka |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | gaivota-de-capuz-escuro |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Guincho-comum |
| Romanian | Pescăruș râzător |
| Russian | Озёрная чайка |
| Serbian | Obični galeb |
| Slovak | čajka smejivá |
| Slovenian | Rečni galeb |
| Spanish | Gaviota Reidora |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Galleguito raro |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Gaviota Encapuchada |
| Spanish (Peru) | Black-headed Gull |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Gaviota Cabecinegra Europea |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gaviota reidora |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Black-headed Gull |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Gaviota Risueña |
| Swedish | skrattmås |
| Thai | นกนางนวลขอบปีกขาว |
| Turkish | Karabaş Martı |
| Ukrainian | Мартин звичайний |
| Zulu | unochwebokhandelimnyama |
Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Larus ridibundus
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.225.
TYPE LOCALITY:
European Seas.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CHROICOCEPHALUS
- ridibunda / ridibundum / ridibundus
The Key to Scientific Names
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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 Black-headed Gull
