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Biodiversity - SCAR EBA program

Taxon Profile

The biodiversity database holds terrestrial and freshwater Antarctic and sub-Antarctic flora and fauna in support of the SCAR Life Sciences programme EBA (Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic). For further details, see the EBA website. This database also holds marine data from the Australian Antarctic Programme.

Larus dominicanus Taxon Id 809
Common Name Kelp Gull
Authority Lichtenstein, 1823
Naming Status Currently accepted name
Status
Found in the Antarctica/sub-Antarctic or Southern Ocean (see map of extents)
Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.
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Kingdom » Animalia Animals
Phylum » Chordata Chordates
Class » Aves Birds
Order » Charadriiformes
Family » Laridae Gull and Terns
Genus » Larus

iMAGEantarctica 96B3
Caption:
Elephant seal harems

Location: The Isthmus, Macquarie Island
Photographer: Baars, Christo
Date: 1995

© AAD Non-commercial use only 1995


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Species belongs to the following lists - Follow link on List Name to see list of all species.

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