Ichthyaetus
Genus of birds
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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]
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| Ichthyaetus | |
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| Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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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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. |
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 |
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 |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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