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| image = Pallas's Gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus).jpg<br />
| image_caption = ''Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus''<br />
| taxon = Ichthyaetus<br />
| authority = [[Johann Jakob Kaup|Kaup]], 1829<br />
| type_species = ''[[Pallas' gull|Larus ichthyaetus]]''<br />
| type_species_authority = ([[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]], 1773)<br />
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| subdivision_ranks = Species<br />
| subdivision = See text<br />
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'''''Ichthyaetus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[gull]]s. The genus name is from [[Ancient Greek]] ''ikhthus'', "fish", and ''aetos'', "eagle".<ref name=job>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher= Christopher Helm | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | pages =[https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n224 224]}}</ref> They were previously included in the genus ''[[Larus]]''.<ref>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</ref><br />
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==Species==<br />
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! Image !! Common Name !! Scientific name !! Distribution<br />
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|[[File:Hemprichmöwe.jpg|120px]] ||[[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.<br />
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|[[File:Pallas's or Great Black-headed gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus by Vedant Kasambe 01.jpg|120px]] ||[[Great black-headed gull|Great black-headed (or Pallas's) gull]]|| ''Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus''|| Breeds in Central Asia and Ukraine, winters in Arabia and India. <br />
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|[[File:Korallenmöwe.jpg|120px]] ||[[Audouin's gull]]|| ''Ichthyaetus audouinii''||Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian peninsula<br />
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|[[File:Larus melanocephalus -Zwin (Belgium).jpg|120px]] ||[[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<br />
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|[[File:Relict Gull.jpg|120px]] ||[[Relict gull]]|| ''Ichthyaetus relictus''|| Mongolia, two in Kazakhstan, one in Russia, and one in China (Lake Hongjiannao)<br />
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==References==<br />
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