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 | |
|---|---|
| |
| 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 | |
|
See text | |
Species
edit| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| Audouin's gull
|
Ichthyaetus audouinii (Payraudeau, 1826) |
Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian peninsula | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
VU
|
| 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
|
| Relict gull
|
Ichthyaetus relictus (Lönnberg, 1931) |
Mongolia, two in Kazakhstan, one in Russia, and one in China (Lake Hongjiannao) | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
VU
|
| White-eyed gull
|
Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus (Temminck, 1825) |
Throughout Red Sea
|
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
References
edit- ^ 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