- Leucophaeus
Taxobox
name = "Leucophaeus"
image_width = 250px
image_caption = Franklin's Gull
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Charadriiformes
familia =Laridae
genus = "Leucophaeus"
genus_authority = Bruch, 1853
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "5, see list""Leucophaeus" is a small
genus of medium-sizedNew World gull s, 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.pecies
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Dolphin Gull , "Leucophaeus scoresbii"
*Grey Gull , "Leucophaeus modestus"
*Lava Gull , "Leucophaeus fuliginosus"
*Laughing Gull , "Leucophaeus atricilla"
*Franklin's Gull , "Leucophaeus pipixcan"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
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