| Ichthyaetus | |
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| Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Subfamily: | Larinae |
| Genus: | Ichthyaetus Kaup, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Larus ichthyaetus (Pallas, 1773)
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| 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
Species
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Sooty gull
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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
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Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus (Pallas, 1773) |
Breeds in Central Asia and Ukraine, winters in Arabia and India.
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Audouin's gull
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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
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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
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Relict gull
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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
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Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus (Temminck, 1825) |
Throughout Red Sea
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LC
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References
References
- 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