Ichthyaetus

Taxobox
name = "Ichthyaetus"

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image_caption = Mediterranean Gull
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Charadriiformes
familia = Laridae
genus = "Ichthyaetus"
genus_authority = Kaup 1829
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "see text"

"Ichthyaetus" is a genus of gulls. They were included in the genus "Larus" until recently.

pecies

*White-eyed Gull, "Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus"
*Sooty Gull, "Ichthyaetus hemprichii"
*Great Black-headed (or Pallas's) Gull, "Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus"
*Audouin's Gull, "Ichthyaetus audouinii"
*Mediterranean Gull, "Ichthyaetus melanocephalus"
*Relict Gull, "Ichthyaetus relictus"

References

* 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