Common Gull
Larus canus Linnaeus, 1758
Laridae — Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Common Gull, Larus canus, breeds across North America and the Palearctic, from Iceland and north-west and central Europe to Kamchatka in eastern Siberia. Outside the breeding season it moves south to Europe, north Africa, the Mediterranean, the Black and Caspian seas, the Persian Gulf, the Sea of Okhotsk, Japan, the Korean Peninsula and south-east China. It is a gull in the family Laridae, first described by Linnaeus in 1758. A useful feature is its shorter, more tapered bill, which helps separate it from similar gulls.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae — Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
- Breeding range
- North America, Palearctic: Iceland and nw, c Europe to Kamchatka (e Siberia)
- Nonbreeding range
- Europe to n Africa, Mediterranean, Black and Caspian seas, Persian Gulf; Sea of Okhotsk (se Russia), Japan, Korean Pen. to se China
