Galapagos Species Database

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Leucophaeus fuliginosus (Gould, 1841)

Gaviota de lava, Lava Gull

Leucophaeus fuliginosus (Gould, 1841), Genovesa Island, Galapagos. Photo: Paul McFarling, CDF, 2008.
Leucophaeus fuliginosus (Gould, 1841), Genovesa Island, Galapagos. Photo: Paul McFarling, CDF, 2008.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Aves

Order
Charadriiformes

Family
Laridae

Genus
Leucophaeus

Species
fuliginosus

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Larus fuliginosus Gould, 1841 (GBIF Secretariat, 2021)

Origin: Endemic

Status

Vulnerable

Distribution

Distribution: Species to common throughout the archipelago.

References

  • Aguirre, D. (2007) Aspectos etológicos, influencia antropogenica y distribución de la gaviota de lava (Larus fuliginosus); una especie endemica del Archipielago de Galapagos. Disertación para obtención de Licenciatura en Ciencias Biológicas. Universidad Central del Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador, 124 pp.
  • Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
  • GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
  • Gifford, E.W. (1913) The birds of the Galápagos Islands, with observations on the birds of Cocos and Clipperton Islands (Columbiformes to Pelicaniformes). Expedition of the California Academy of Science, 1905 -1906. Part VIII. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 2(1): 1-132.
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  • Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G. Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2002) Marine birds. Reserva marina de Galápagos. Línea base de la biodiversidad. Danulat, E. & G.J. Edgar (eds.). Fundación Charles Darwin/Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador. p. 343–372.
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  • Salvin, O. (1876) On the avifauna of the Galápagos Archipelago. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 9: 447-510.
  • Snodgrass, R.E. Heller, E. (1904) Birds of the Gálapagos Archipelago. Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Galapagos Expedition, 1898 - 1899, XVI, birds. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5: 231-372.
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  • Swarth, H.S. (1931) The Avifauna of the Galapagos Islands. Occ. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 18: 1-299.
  • Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
  • Wiedenfeld, D.A. Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G. (2008) Critical problems for bird conservation in the Galapagos Island. Cotinga 29: 22-27.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Leucophaeus fuliginosus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16789. Accessed 14 December 2025.