Leucophaeus

Taxobox
name = "Leucophaeus"


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Franklin's Gull
regnum = Animalia
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-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.

pecies

*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