Leucophaeus is a small genus of medium-sized New World gulls, most of which are dark in plumage, usually with white crescents above and below the eyes. They were placed in the genus Larus until recently.[2] The genus name Leucophaeus is from Ancient Greek leukos, "white", and phaios, "dusky".[3]

Leucophaeus
Franklin's gull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Leucophaeus
Bruch, 1855
Type species
Larus haematorhynchus[1]
King, 1828
Species

5, see list

Species

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Genus Leucophaeus Bruch, 1855 – five species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Dolphin gull

 

Leucophaeus scoresbii
(Traill, 1823)
coasts of Chile, Argentina, and the Falkland Islands
 
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 LC 


Grey gull

 

Leucophaeus modestus
(Tschudi, 1843)
Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile,
 
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 LC 


Lava gull

 

Leucophaeus fuliginosus
(Gould, 1841)
Galapagos Islands
 
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 VU 


Laughing gull

 

Leucophaeus atricilla
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Two subspecies
  • L. a. megalopterus (Bruch, 1855)
  • L. a. atricilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
the Atlantic coast of North America, the Caribbean, and northern South America
 
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 LC 


Franklin's gull

 

Leucophaeus pipixcan
(Wagler, 1831)
Argentina, the Caribbean, Chile, Peru, and Canada
 
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 LC 



References

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  1. ^ "Laridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ Pons J.M.; Hassanin, A.; Crochet P.A. (2005). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Laridae (Charadriiformes: Aves) inferred from mitochondrial markers" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. 37 (3): 686–699. Bibcode:2005MolPE..37..686P. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.05.011. PMID 16054399. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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