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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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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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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