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European Herring Gull

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q28236
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Summary

European Herring Gull is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,929 views/month, #1,372 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Larus[5]
  • Taxon name: Larus argentatus[6]
  • Commons category: Larus argentatus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Larus argentatus[8]
  • Commons gallery: Larus argentatus[9]
  • Short name: L. argentatus[10]
  • Taxon common name: European Herring Gull[11], Silbermöwe[12], Sølvmåge[13], Gråmåke[14], Zilvermeeuw[15], Goéland argenté[16], Gaviota argéntea europea[17], Gabbiano reale nordico[18], Серебристая чайка[19], harmaalokki[20], hõbekajakas[21], racek stříbřitý[22], ezüstsirály[23], mewa srebrzysta[24]
  • Wingspan: 1.34 m[25]

Body

Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 204533[26] and 505493[27]. European Herring Gull's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 35669[28]. European Herring Gull's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481139[29]. European Herring Gull's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176824[30].

Why It Matters

European Herring Gull has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [30] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . Flight speeds among bird species: allometric and phylogenetic effects. wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02044700-n
    Interlingual index id → i46115
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  2. 22w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range → Hefei, South America, Africa
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 3658317
    Parent taxon → Larus
    Topic's main category → Category:Larus argentatus
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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