🐦Great Black-backed Gull
大黑背鸥（学名：Larus marinus）是鸥科鸥属的一种鸟类，也是世界上最大的海鸥之一，被康乃尔鸟类学实验室称为“大西洋水禽之王”。它是一种十分凶猛的掠食者，主要在欧洲和北美海岸以及北大西洋岛屿上繁殖。许多时候为留鸟，但也有些会向南方或内陆迁徙至大型湖泊或水库。成年大黑背鸥头部、颈部与身躯呈白色，翅膀与背部呈深灰色，腿粉色，喙则为黄色。 大黑背鸥是卡尔·林奈最初于1758年在《自然系统第十版》中描述的物种之一。 其种名marinus是拉丁语中“海洋”之意。
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 1.65 kg
- Body length
- 0.79 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 33 years
Everything we know about the Great Black-backed Gull
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.65 kgrecord 1.49 kg · SeaLifeBaseAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
Figures vary
- 1.66 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.79 mmaximum recorded, total lengthSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tail length0.19 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.48 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.08 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.07 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan33 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Gestation27 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 3AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Trophic levelOmnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatCoastalAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleTerrestrialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1.6 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Great Black-backed Gull yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderCharadriiformes
- ›familyLaridae
- ›genusLarus
- ›speciesLarus marinus
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
All 9 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
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