Mongolian gull
Species of bird From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Species of bird From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mongolian gull (Larus mongolicus) is a large gull of the herring gull/lesser black-backed gull complex which breeds in Northeast Asia. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Vega gull (Larus vegae).
| Mongolian gull | |
|---|---|
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| Vega or Mongolian gull on the Lake Baikal. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Genus: | Larus |
| Species: | L. mongolicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Larus mongolicus Sushkin, 1925 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Larus argentatus mongolicus | |
The Mongolian gull was formally described in 1925 by the Russian ornithologist Petr Sushkin based on specimens collected near the Üüreg Lake in northwest Mongolia. He considered it to be a subspecies of the European herring gull and coined the trinomial name Larus argentatus mongolicus.[1][2] It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Vega gull (Larus vegae) but is now treated as a separate species based on its distinct morphology and vocalization.[3]
The Mongolian gull breeds from the Altai Republic to Lake Baikal (in central southern Russia), Mongolia, Lake Khanka in northeast China, and on islands in the Yellow Sea. In winter it migrates southeast to the coasts of Japan, the Korean Peninsula, eastern China and Taiwan.[3]
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