Species profile
Larus glaucodes
Larus glaucodes
Quick answer
Type locality. “ Die Küsten von Chile ” (“ Chilean coasts ”) according to Meyen (1834 a: 116). In his travel report, Meyen (1834 b: 220) specified that these gulls were shot in the bay of Valparaíso. M. H. C. Lichtenstein (1832) reported that the specimen was collected in “ März ” (March). Considering Meyen’s itinerary (see above), he must have collected the specimen between 1 – 15 March 1831. Poeppig collected his syntype at an unknown locality in Chile. The type locality of Larus glaucodes Meyen is thus coastal Chile (including Valparaíso, Valparaíso Region, 33.05 ° S, 71.60 ° W).
- Scientific name
- Larus glaucodes
- Family
- Laridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Larus
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