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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Class Reptilia
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Class Aves (birds)
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Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
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Order Charadriiformes (shorebirds and relatives)
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Family Laridae (gulls, terns, and skimmers)-
Subfamily Larinae (gulls and kittiwakes)
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Genus Larus (gulls)
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Species Larus argentatus (herring gull)
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Species Larus armenicus (Armenian gull) -
Species Larus atlanticus (Olrog's gull)
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Species Larus atricilla (laughing gull)
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Species Larus audouinii (Audouin's gull)
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Species Larus belcheri (band-tailed gull)
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Species Larus brunnicephalus (brown-headed gull)
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Species Larus bulleri (black-billed gull)
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Species Larus cachinnans (yellow-legged gull)
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Species Larus californicus (California gull)
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Species Larus canus (mew gull)
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Species Larus cirrocephalus (grey-headed gull)
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Species Larus crassirostris (black-tailed gull)
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Species Larus delawarensis (ring-billed gull)
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Species Larus dominicanus (kelp gull)
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Species Larus fuliginosus (lava gull)
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Species Larus fuscus (lesser black-backed gull)
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Species Larus genei (slender-billed gull)
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Species Larus glaucescens (glaucous-winged gull)
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Species Larus glaucoides (Iceland gull)
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Species Larus hartlaubii (Hartlaub's gull)
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Species Larus heermanni (Heermann's gull)
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Species Larus hemprichii (sooty gull)
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Species Larus hyperboreus (glaucous gull)
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Species Larus ichthyaetus (great black-headed)
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Species Larus leucophthalmus (white-eyed gull)
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Species Larus livens (yellow-footed gull)
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Species Larus maculipennis (brown-hooded gull)
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Species Larus marinus (great black-backed gull)
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Species Larus melanocephalus (Mediterranean gull)
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Species Larus minutus (little gull)
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Species Larus modestus (grey gull)
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Species Larus novaehollandiae (silver gull)
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Species Larus occidentalis (western gull)
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Species Larus pacificus (Pacific gull)
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Species Larus philadelphia (Bonaparte's gull)
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Species Larus pipixcan (Franklin's gull)
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Species Larus relictus (relict gull)
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Species Larus ridibundus (black-headed gull)
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Species Larus saundersi (Saunders's gull)
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Species Larus schistisagus (slaty-backed gull)
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Species Larus serranus (Andean gull)
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Species Larus thayeri (Thayer's gull)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
