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Great Black-backed Gull

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q26629
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Summary

Great Black-backed Gull is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,134 views/month, #1,363 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Larus[5]
  • Taxon name: Larus marinus[6]
  • Commons category: Larus marinus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Larus marinus[8]
  • Commons gallery: Larus marinus[9]
  • Short name: L. marinus[10]
  • Taxon common name: Gwylan Gefnddu Fawr[11], Great Black-backed Gull[12], Mantelmöwe[13], Gavión atlántico[14], gavinot atlàntic[15], racek mořský[16], merikajakas[17], Svartbak[18], Морская чайка[19], オオカモメ[20], Svartbag[21], merilokki[22], dolmányos sirály[23], mewa siodłata[24]
  • Wingspan: 1.67 m[25]

Body

Identifiers

Great Black-backed Gull's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 4368[26]. Great Black-backed Gull's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8912[27]. Great Black-backed Gull's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481172[28]. Great Black-backed Gull's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176815[29].

Why It Matters

Great Black-backed Gull has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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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. [27] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [28] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: 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 . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Parent taxon → Larus
    Topic's main category → Category:Larus marinus
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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