Ichthyaetus
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]
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Scientific classification 
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| : | [[Template:Taxonomy/Ichthyaetus]] Kaup, 1829 |
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| Larus ichthyaetus (Pallas, 1773)
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SpeciesEdit
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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. |
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Great black-headed (or Pallas's) gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | Breeds in Central Asia and Ukraine, winters in Arabia and India. |
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Audouin's gull | Ichthyaetus audouinii | Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian peninsula |
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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 |
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Relict gull | Ichthyaetus relictus | Mongolia, two in Kazakhstan, one in Russia, and one in China (Lake Hongjiannao) |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 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