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Pallas's gull
Species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pallas's gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus), also known as the great black-headed gull, is a large bird species. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus Larus.[2] The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. Ichthyaetus is from ikhthus, "fish", and aetos, "eagle".[3]
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Pallas's gull | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Laridae |
Genus: | Ichthyaetus |
Species: | I. ichthyaetus |
Binomial name | |
Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus (Pallas, 1773) | |
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Range of I. ichthyaetus Breeding Non-breeding | |
Synonyms | |
Larus ichthyaetus |
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