Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), version 1.0

Weseloh, D. V.; Hebert, Craig E.; Mallory, Mark L.; Poole, Alan F.; Ellis, Julie C.; Pyle, Peter; Patten, Michael A.

doi:10.2173/bow.hergul.01

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Herring Gull Larus argentatus Scientific name definitions

Subspecies (5)

D. V. Weseloh, Craig E. Hebert, Mark L. Mallory, Alan F. Poole, Julie C. Ellis, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten

Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020

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Introduction
Identification
- Field Identification
- Similar Species
Plumages, Molts, and Structure
- Plumages
- Molts
- Bare Parts
- Measurements
Systematics
- Systematics History
- Geographic Variation
- Subspecies
- Related Species
- Hybridization
- Fossil History
Distribution
- Historical Changes to the Distribution
Habitat
- Habitat in Breeding Range
- Habitat in Nonbreeding Range
Movements and Migration
- Dispersal and Site Fidelity
- Migration Overview
- Timing and Routes of Migration
- Migratory Behavior
- Control and Physiology of Migration
Diet and Foraging
- Feeding
- Diet
- Food Selection and Storage
- Nutrition and Energetics
- Metabolism and Temperature Regulation
- Drinking, Pellet-Casting, and Defecation
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
- Vocalizations
- Nonvocal Sounds
Behavior
- Locomotion
- Self-Maintenance
- Agonistic Behavior
- Spacing
- Sexual Behavior
- Social and Interspecific Behavior
- Predation
Breeding
- Phenology
- Nest Site
- Nest
- Eggs
- Incubation
- Hatching
- Young Birds
- Parental Care
- Cooperative Breeding
- Brood Parasitism
- Fledgling Stage
- Immature Stage
Demography and Populations
- Measures of Breeding Activity
- Life Span and Survivorship
- Disease and Body Parasites
- Causes of Mortality
- Population Spatial Metrics
- Population Status
- Population Regulation
Conservation and Management
- Conservation Status
- Effects of Human Activity
- Management
Priorities for Future Research
Acknowledgments
About the Author(s)

Multimedia
- Photos
- Audio
- Video
- Illustrations
- Figures
Tables and Appendices

Revision History

References

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Recommended Citation

Weseloh, D. V., C. E. Hebert, M. L. Mallory, A. F. Poole, J. C. Ellis, P. Pyle, and M. A. Patten (2020). Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.hergul.01