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Larus argentatus
– Least Concern
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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AVES
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Order:
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CHARADRIIFORMES
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Family:
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LARIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Larus argentatus
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Species Authority:
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Pontoppidan, 1763
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Common Name/s:
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HERRING GULL (Eng)
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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LC ver 3.1 (2001)
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Year Assessed:
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2004
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Assessor/s:
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BirdLife International
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Evaluator/s:
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Ekstrom, J. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km². It has a large global population estimated to be 2,600,000–3,000,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2002). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
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History:
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| 1988 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004) |
| 1994 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004) |
| 2000 | - | Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2000) |
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 10,000,000 km². It has a large global population estimated to be 2,600,000-3,000,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2002). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
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Countries:
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Native:
Albania; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Austria; Bahamas; Barbados; Belarus; Belgium; Belize; Bermuda; Bulgaria; Canada; Cayman Islands; China; Colombia; Costa Rica; Croatia; Cuba; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Djibouti; Dominica; Dominican Republic; El Salvador; Eritrea; Estonia; Faroe Islands; Finland; France; Germany; Gibraltar; Greece; Greenland; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Hong Kong; Hungary; Iceland; India; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Kenya; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Latvia; Lithuania; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Malta; Martinique; Mexico; Moldova, Republic of; Montserrat; Myanmar; Nepal; Netherlands; Netherlands Antilles; Nicaragua; Norway; Oman; Pakistan; Panama; Philippines; Poland; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Romania; Russian Federation; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Pierre and Miquelon; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Slovakia; Somalia; Spain; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Svalbard and Jan Mayen; Sweden; Switzerland; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Trinidad and Tobago; Turkey; Turks and Caicos Islands; Ukraine; United Kingdom; United States; Venezuela; Viet Nam; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.
Vagrant:
Ecuador; Egypt; Israel; Jamaica; Kazakhstan; Luxembourg; Montenegro; Morocco; Northern Mariana Islands; United States Minor Outlying Islands
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Habitat and Ecology
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System:
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Terrestrial; Marine
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