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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>
'''''Ichthyaetus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[gull]]s in the order [[Charadriiformes]]. The [[genus name]] comes from [[Ancient Greek]] [[wikt:ἰχθύς|ἰχθύς]] (''ikhthús''), meaning "fish", and [[wikt:ἀετός|ἀετός]] (''aetós''), meaning "eagle", and thus, "fish 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>


==Species==
==Species==
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{{Species table |genus= Ichthyaetus |authority-name=[[Johann Jakob Kaup|Kaup]]|authority-year=1829 |species-count=six|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}
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! Image !! Common Name !! Scientific name !! Distribution
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|name=Sooty gull |binomial=[[Ichthyaetus hemprichii]]
|[[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.
|image=File:Hemprichmöwe.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|-
|authority-name=Bruch |authority-year=1855 |authority-not-original=yes
|[[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.  
|range= 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.
|-
|range-image=
|[[File:Korallenmöwe.jpg|120px]] ||[[Audouin's gull]]|| ''Ichthyaetus audouinii''||Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian peninsula
|range-image-size=180px
|-
|size=
|[[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
|habitat=
|-
|hunting=
|[[File:Relict Gull.jpg|120px]] ||[[Relict gull]]|| ''Ichthyaetus relictus''|| Mongolia, two in Kazakhstan, one in Russia, and one in China (Lake Hongjiannao)
|iucn-status= LC
|-
|population=
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|direction=
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}}
 
{{Species table/row
|name=Great black-headed (or Pallas's) gull |binomial=[[Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus]]
|image=File:Pallas's or Great Black-headed gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus by Vedant Kasambe 01.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Pallas |authority-year=1773 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Breeds in Central Asia and Ukraine, winters in Arabia and India.  
|range-image=File:LarusIchthyaetusIUCN.svg
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=
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}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Audouin's gull |binomial=[[Ichthyaetus audouinii]]
|image=File:Korallenmöwe.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Payraudeau |authority-year=1826 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian peninsula
|range-image=
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= VU
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies=
}}
 
{{Species table/row
|name= Mediterranean gull|binomial=[[Ichthyaetus melanocephalus]]
|image=File:Larus melanocephalus -Zwin (Belgium).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Temminck|authority-year=1820 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= the Black Sea and the eastern Mediterranean this species has now expanded over most of Europe as far as Great Britain and Ireland
|range-image=File:LarusMelanocephalus.png
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies=
}}
{{Species table/row
|name= Relict gull|binomial=[[Ichthyaetus relictus]]
|image=File:Relict Gull.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Lönnberg |authority-year=1931 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Mongolia, two in Kazakhstan, one in Russia, and one in China (Lake Hongjiannao)
|range-image=
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= VU
|population=
|direction=
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}}
 
{{Species table/row
|name= White-eyed gull|binomial=[[Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus]]
|image=File:Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus 327149376.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Temminck |authority-year= 1825|authority-not-original=yes
|range= Throughout Red Sea
|range-image=File:Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus range.png
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=
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}}
{{Species table/end}}


==References==
==References==
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Ichthyaetus
Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
Scientific classification e
: [[Template:Taxonomy/Ichthyaetus]]
Kaup, 1829
Type species
Larus ichthyaetus
(Pallas, 1773)
Species

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Ichthyaetus is a genus of gulls in the order Charadriiformes. The genus name comes from Ancient Greek ἰχθύς (ikhthús), meaning "fish", and ἀετός (aetós), meaning "eagle", and thus, "fish eagle".[1] They were previously included in the genus Larus.[2]

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  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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