Heermann's gull

Heermann's gull
Adult breeding
Adult non-breeding
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Larus
Species:
L. heermanni
Binomial name
Larus heermanni
Cassin, 1852
Range of L. heermanni

Heermann's gull (Larus heermanni) is a gull resident in the United States, Mexico and extreme southwestern British Columbia, nearly all nesting on Isla Rasa in the Gulf of California. They are usually found near shores or well out to sea, very rarely inland. The species is named after Adolphus Lewis Heermann, nineteenth-century explorer and naturalist.[2]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Larus heermanni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22694296A178958787. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22694296A178958787.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference BNA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).