Caspian Gull
Larus cachinnans
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The Caspian gull is a large gull and a member of the herring and lesser black-backed gull complex. The scientific name is from Latin. Larus appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird, and cachinnans means 'laughing', from cachinnare 'to laugh'.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Larus