Ichthyaetus

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Ichthyaetus
Larus melanocephalus aka Mediterranean Gull rare guest in Sweden2.jpg
Mediterranean gull
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Subfamily: Larinae
Genus: Ichthyaetus
Kaup, 1829
Species

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Ichthyaetus is a genus of gulls. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ikhthus, "fish", and aetos, "eagle".[1] They were previously included in the genus Larus.[2]

Species[]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
שחף לבן עין.jpg White-eyed gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus Siyal Islands, in the Red Sea
Hemprichmöwe.jpg Sooty gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Maldives, Mozambique, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
Pallas's or Great Black-headed gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus by Vedant Kasambe 01.jpg Great black-headed (or Pallas's) gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus eastern Mediterranean, Arabia and India.
Korallenmöwe.jpg Audouin's gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian peninsula
Larus melanocephalus -Zwin (Belgium).jpg Mediterranean gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus the Black Sea and the eastern Mediterranean this species has now expanded over most of Europe as far as Great Britain and Ireland
Relict Gull.jpg Relict gull Ichthyaetus relictus Mongolia, two in Kazakhstan, one in Russia, and one in China (Lake Hongjiannao)

References[]

  1. ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 224. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  2. ^ Pons J.M., Hassanin, A., and Crochet P.A.(2005). Phylogenetic relationships within the Laridae (Charadriiformes: Aves) inferred from mitochondrial markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37(3):686–699
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