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Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
Laridae — Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Lesser Black-backed Gull, Larus fuscus, is a gull of the Palearctic, breeding in Greenland, Iceland and western Europe through to north-central Siberia, and ranging outside the breeding season to south-western Europe, west and east-central Africa, north-west India and eastern North America. It is a member of the gull family and was described by Linnaeus in 1758. Its breeding range includes Atlantic and Arctic coasts, and it is now recorded in eastern North America throughout the year as well as in some winters.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae — Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: Greenland, Iceland, w Europe to nc Siberia
- Nonbreeding range
- to sw Europe, wc, ec Africa, nw India, and e North America
