| Glaucous gull | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Genus: | Larus |
| Species: | L. hyperboreus
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| Binomial name | |
| Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767
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The glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) is a large gull, the second-largest gull in the world. The genus name is from Latin larus, which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird. The specific name hyperboreus is Latin for "northern" from the Ancient Greek Huperboreoi people from the far north [2] "Glaucous" is from Latin glaucus and denotes the grey colour of the gull.[3] An older English name for this species is burgomaster.[4]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Larus hyperboreus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22694343A132544122. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22694343A132544122.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 198, 219. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ "Glaucous". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ "Burgomaster Gull". National Audubon Society. Retrieved 14 October 2021.