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Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815

Gaviota de Delaware, Ring-billed Gull

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Aves

Order
Charadriiformes

Family
Laridae

Genus
Larus

Species
delawarensis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Vagrant

Status

Least concern

Distribution

Distribution: An adult was photographed on Plaza Sur on 30 June 1983 by C. V. Peterson and M. D. F. Udvardy (Harris personal communication). Harris also says there are several undocumented records including one in the 1950s (Robert Bowman).

References

  • 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.
  • Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Larus delawarensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5105. Accessed 1 November 2026.