Vega Gull (Larus vegae)
About the Vega Gull
The Vega gull, East Siberian gull, or East Siberian herring gull (Larus vegae) is a large gull of the herring gull/lesser black-backed gull complex which breeds in Northeast Asia. Its classification is still controversial and uncertain. It is variously treated as a separate species, as a subspecies of the American herring gull (L. smithsonianus) or included with both the American herring gull and European herring gull in L. argentatus. The Mongolian gull Larus mongolicus was formerly regarded as a subspecies of Vega gull. It was described in 1887 from specimens collected on the 1878–1880 Vega Expedition on the Swedish ship SS Vega.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 99 recordings for this species: 6 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in China, Mongolia, Russia, United States in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusrecording
- California GullLarus californicusrecording
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnansrecording
- Common GullLarus canusrecording
- European Herring GullLarus argentatusrecording
- Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescensrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.