Larus Heermanni Bird

Heermann\'s Gull / Larus heermanni

Larus Heermanni Bird

English Name:  Heermann's Gull
Latin Name:  Larus heermanni
Protonym:  Larus Heermanni Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 6 p.187
Taxonomy:  Charadriiformes / Laridae / Larus
Taxonomy Code:  heegul
Type Locality:  San Diego, California.
Author:  Cassin
Publish Year:  1852
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

LARUS
(Laridae; Ϯ Great Black-backed Gull L. marinus) L. larus  rapacious seabird, probably a gull  < Gr. λαρος laros  voracious seabird, perhaps a gull; the Great Black-backed Gull, the largest member of the Laridae, breeds only on sea coasts, where it is a true predator; "69. LARUS.  Rostrum edentulum, rectum, cultratum, apice declive: Mandibula inferior infra apicem gibba.  Nares lineares, antice latiores.   ...   Pulli primi anni plurumque in his grisei sunt; unde speciei multiplicatio." (Linnaeus 1758); "Larus Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 136. Type, by subsequent designation, Larus marinus Linné (Selby, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Types Aves, 1840, p. 48)" (Peters 1934, II, 313). Linnaeus's Larus comprised six species (L. tridactylus, L. canus, L. marinus, L. fuscus, L. Atricilla, L. parasiticus).
Synon. Adelarus, Atricilla, Blasipus, Bruchigavia, Caturates, Chroicocephalus, Cirrhocephala, Clupeilarus, Dominicanus, Einalia, Epitelarus, Gabianus, Gavia, Gavina, Gelastes, Glaucus, Hydropeleia, Ichthyaetus, Lambruschinia, Laroides, Lencus, Leucophaeus, Melagavia, Melanolarus, Microlarus, Misamichus, Ocyplanus, Pacificolarus, Plautus, Procellarus.

heermani / heermanni
Dr Adolphus Lewis Heermann (c.1827-1865) US explorer, field naturalist, collector (Larus, subsp. Melospiza melodia).