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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Larus argentatus

Herring Gull

WoRMS 137138ITIS 176824key itis:176824
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2026-08-05: worms_id 137138 via WoRMS TSN crosswalk (status accepted)

Silhouette · Sharon Wegner-Larsen · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Larus argentatus
Herring Gull66 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

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The European herring gull or simply herring gull is a large gull, up to 66 cm (26 in) long. It breeds throughout the northern and western coasts of Europe.W CalCOFI holds 1,171 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1987 and 2022.R

1,171
observations
1,171
records
1,171
sampling events
1987–2022
years
1
datasets

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Groups

calcofi:seabirds

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Seabirds & Marine Mammals table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/farallon_bird-mammal.html?&taxon_key=%22itis:176824%22