Chroicocephalus | |
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Silver gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Laridae |
Genus: |
Chroicocephalus Eyton, 1836 |
Type species | |
Larus capistratus
[1] = Larus ridibundus Temminck, 1820
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Species | |
See list |
Chroicocephalus is a genus of medium to relatively small gulls which were included in the genus Larus until recently. [2] Some authorities also include the Saunders's gull in Chroicocephalus. The genus name Chroicocephalus is from Ancient Greek khroizo, "to colour", and kephale, "head". [3]
Representatives of this genus are found in regions/subregions all over the world, each species usually being confined to a region.
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Silver gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | Australia, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Tasmania, New Zealand | |
Black-billed gull | Chroicocephalus bulleri | New Zealand | |
Hartlaub's gull | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | coastline of South Africa and Namibia. | |
Saunders's gull | Chroicocephalus saundersi | China, Hong Kong, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Macau, Russia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. | |
Brown-hooded gull | Chroicocephalus maculipennis | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the Falkland Islands, and Uruguay | |
Grey-headed gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | South America and Africa south of the Sahara. | |
Andean gull | Chroicocephalus serranus | Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. | |
Brown-headed gull | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | Tajikistan to Ordos in Inner Mongolia. | |
Black-headed gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Palearctic including Europe and also in coastal eastern Canada. | |
Slender-billed gull | Chroicocephalus genei | the Mediterranean and the north of the western Indian Ocean | |
Bonaparte's gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | northern North America |
Chroicocephalus | |
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Silver gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Laridae |
Genus: |
Chroicocephalus Eyton, 1836 |
Type species | |
Larus capistratus
[1] = Larus ridibundus Temminck, 1820
| |
Species | |
See list |
Chroicocephalus is a genus of medium to relatively small gulls which were included in the genus Larus until recently. [2] Some authorities also include the Saunders's gull in Chroicocephalus. The genus name Chroicocephalus is from Ancient Greek khroizo, "to colour", and kephale, "head". [3]
Representatives of this genus are found in regions/subregions all over the world, each species usually being confined to a region.
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Silver gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | Australia, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Tasmania, New Zealand | |
Black-billed gull | Chroicocephalus bulleri | New Zealand | |
Hartlaub's gull | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | coastline of South Africa and Namibia. | |
Saunders's gull | Chroicocephalus saundersi | China, Hong Kong, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Macau, Russia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. | |
Brown-hooded gull | Chroicocephalus maculipennis | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the Falkland Islands, and Uruguay | |
Grey-headed gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | South America and Africa south of the Sahara. | |
Andean gull | Chroicocephalus serranus | Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. | |
Brown-headed gull | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | Tajikistan to Ordos in Inner Mongolia. | |
Black-headed gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Palearctic including Europe and also in coastal eastern Canada. | |
Slender-billed gull | Chroicocephalus genei | the Mediterranean and the north of the western Indian Ocean | |
Bonaparte's gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | northern North America |