Biology:Ichthyaetus

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Ichthyaetus
Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Subfamily: Larinae
Genus: Ichthyaetus
Kaup, 1829
Type species
Larus ichthyaetus
(Pallas, 1773)
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
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.
Great black-headed (or Pallas's) gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus Breeds in Central Asia and Ukraine, winters in Arabia and India.
Audouin's gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian peninsula
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination 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 Ichthyaetus relictus Mongolia, two in Kazakhstan, one in Russia, and one in China (Lake Hongjiannao)
White-eyed gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus Throughout Red Sea

References

  1. Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 224. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling. 
  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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