Dolphin Gull Leucophaeus scoresbii Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (26)
- Monotypic
Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, Ernest Garcia, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 22, 2017
Text last updated March 22, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Делфинова чайка |
| Catalan | gavina de Magallanes |
| Czech | racek magellanský |
| Danish | Magellanmåge |
| Dutch | Dolfijnmeeuw |
| English | Dolphin Gull |
| English (United States) | Dolphin Gull |
| Finnish | patagonianlokki |
| French | Goéland de Scoresby |
| French (France) | Goéland de Scoresby |
| German | Blutschnabelmöwe |
| Icelandic | Skorumáfur |
| Japanese | マゼランカモメ |
| Norwegian | magellanmåke |
| Polish | mewa magellańska |
| Russian | Магелланова чайка |
| Serbian | Delfinski galeb |
| Slovak | čajka delfínia |
| Slovenian | Delfinji galeb |
| Spanish | Gaviota Patagona |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Gaviota Gris |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gaviota austral |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gaviota patagona |
| Swedish | delfinmås |
| Turkish | Yunus Martısı |
| Ukrainian | Мартин магеланський |
Leucophaeus scoresbii (Traill, 1823)
PROTONYM:
Larus Scoresbii
Traill, 1823. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 4(1822), p.514 pl.6 fig.1.
TYPE LOCALITY:
South Shetland Islands.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LEUCOPHAEUS
- leucophaeus
- scoresbii / scoresbyi
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 Dolphin Gull
