Black-billed Gull

Black-billed Gull
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Laridae
Genus:	Chroicocephalus
Species:	C. bulleri
Binomial name
Chroicocephalus bulleri (Hutton, 1871)
Synonyms
Larus bulleri

The Black-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri) is a species of gull in the Laridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus Larus, but is now considered to be the genus Chroicocephalus. The holotype is in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.^[1]

Its natural habitats are rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, sandy shores, pastureland, and urban areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. ^ "Larus bulleri; holotype". Collections Online. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=613683. Retrieved 17 July 2010. 

• BirdLife International 2006. Larus bulleri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
• 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

External links

• BirdLife Species Factsheet.

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