| Short-billed gull | |
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| Adult short-billed gull, Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge, Alaska | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Genus: | Larus |
| Species: | L. brachyrhynchus
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| Binomial name | |
| Larus brachyrhynchus Richardson, 1831
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The short-billed gull (Larus brachyrhynchus) is a medium-sized species of gull that breeds in northwestern North America. In North America, it was previously known as the mew gull, when it was considered conspecific with the palearctic common gull (Larus canus). Most authorities, including the American Ornithological Society in 2021, have split the two populations as distinct species.[1]
- ^ Chesser, R Terry; Billerman, Shawn M; Burns, Kevin J; Cicero, Carla; Dunn, Jon L; Hernández-Baños, Blanca E; Kratter, Andrew W; Lovette, Irby J; Mason, Nicholas A; Rasmussen, Pamela C; Remsen, J V (2021-06-29). "Sixty-second Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds". Ornithology. 138 (3): ukab037. doi:10.1093/ornithology/ukab037. ISSN 0004-8038.