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Larus argentatus
European Herring Gull, Herring Gull
Arkansas Post National Memorial
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Unknown
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Charadriiformes, Family Laridae, Genus Larus, Species Larus argentatus


Seasonality Tags:
Migratory


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		AR: S3N
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Amistad National Recreation Area
Anacostia Park	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Assateague Island National Seashore	Baltimore-Washington National Parkway
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve	Big Hole National Battlefield
Big Thicket National Preserve	Biscayne National Park
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Cabrillo National Monument
Canaveral National Seashore	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Krusenstern National Monument
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Castillo De San Marcos National Monument
Channel Islands National Park	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Colonial National Historical Park	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Curecanti National Recreation Area	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Denali National Park and Preserve	Dry Tortugas National Park
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Everglades National Park
Fire Island National Seashore	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Circle Parks	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Matanzas National Monument	Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Sumter National Historical Park	Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Fort Washington Park	Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
Gateway National Recreation Area	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Glacier National Park	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Portage National Monument	Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Great Falls Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Greenbelt Park	Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Harmony Hall	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument	Katmai National Park and Preserve
Kenai Fjords National Park	Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park	Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Kobuk Valley National Park	Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Lava Beds National Monument	Minute Man National Historical Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
Morristown National Historical Park	Natchez Trace Parkway
National Capital Parks	National Capital Parks-East
National Mall and Memorial Parks	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Noatak National Preserve	Olympic National Park
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run
Oxon Run National Parkway	Padre Island National Seashore
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park	Petersburg National Battlefield
Petrified Forest National Park	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Pipestone National Monument	Piscataway Park
Point Reyes National Seashore	Presidio of San Francisco
Prince William Forest Park	Redwood National Park
Rock Creek Park	Rocky Mountain National Park
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site	Scotts Bluff National Monument
Shenandoah National Park	Shiloh National Military Park
Sitka National Historical Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Thomas Stone National Historic Site	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Vicksburg National Military Park	Virgin Islands National Park
Voyageurs National Park	Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
Whitman Mission National Historic Site	Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve
Yellowstone National Park	Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve


Last Modified Date:	3/13/2006

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