Scientific Name
Larus philadelphia
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Larus philadelphia (Ord, 1815)
Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (SLBE)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
Bonaparte's Gull
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom | Animalia |
Subkingdom | Bilateria |
Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Subphylum | Vertebrata |
Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
Superclass | Tetrapoda |
Class | Aves |
Order | Charadriiformes |
Family | Laridae |
Genus | Chroicocephalus |
Species | Larus philadelphia |
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
Data Source: Ted Gostomski species list review, 2003.
Nativeness
Native
Nativeness Notes
Data Source: Sibley 2000
Abundance
Uncommon
Abundance Notes
Uncommon migrant in spring and fall. Seen at Platte Lake in flocks. Also seen on 31 October 1973 at Glen Arbor Bay (farthest north).; Data Source: Foster 1975; Francke and Graf 1994
Seasonality Tags
-
Migratory
Data Source: Francke and Graf 1994
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
0
References
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
DML
Created Date
8/24/2000 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
Leah Kainulainen
Last Modified Date
7/19/2005 12:00:00 AM
Notes
Park Species Detail: Recorded from Mainland and North Manitou Island., Park Species Data Source: Foster, W L. 1975. Birds of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Area. Pages 31-95 in M W Paddock. Natural History Surveys of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. University of Michigan Biological Station, Pellston and Ann Arbor, MI. Gostomski, T. Letter to Joan Elias. 2002.
Sibley, D. A. 2000. National Audubon Society The Sibley Guide to Birds. Chanticleer Press, New York. 544 pp. Francke, C. and L. Graf. 1994. Birds of Leelanau County and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: An Annotated Checklist. Leelanau Conservancy, Leland, MI.
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