Ichthyaetus
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Ichthyaetus | |
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Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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
[edit]Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Sooty gull | Ichthyaetus hemprichii (Bruch, 1855) | 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. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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Great black-headed (or Pallas's) gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus (Pallas, 1773) | Breeds in Central Asia and Ukraine, winters in Arabia and India. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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Audouin's gull | Ichthyaetus audouinii (Payraudeau, 1826) | Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian peninsula | Size: Habitat: Diet: | VU
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Mediterranean gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (Temminck, 1820) | the Black Sea and the eastern Mediterranean this species has now expanded over most of Europe as far as Great Britain and Ireland | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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Relict gull | Ichthyaetus relictus (Lönnberg, 1931) | Mongolia, two in Kazakhstan, one in Russia, and one in China (Lake Hongjiannao) | Size: Habitat: Diet: | VU
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White-eyed gull | Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus (Temminck, 1825) | Throughout Red Sea | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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References
[edit]- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 224. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ 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