Ichthyaetus

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title: "Ichthyaetus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ichthyaetus", "bird-genera"] description: "Genus of birds" topic_path: "general/ichthyaetus" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyaetus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of birds ::

| image = Pallas's Gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus).jpg | image_caption = Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | taxon = Ichthyaetus | authority = Kaup, 1829 | type_species = Larus ichthyaetus | type_species_authority = (Pallas, 1773)

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Ichthyaetus is a genus of gulls in the order Charadriiformes. The genus name comes from Ancient Greek ἰχθύς (ikhthús), meaning "fish", and ἀετός (aetós), meaning "eagle", and thus, "fish eagle". They were previously included in the genus Larus.

Species

|name=Sooty gull |binomial=Ichthyaetus hemprichii |image=File:Hemprichmöwe.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Bruch |authority-year=1855 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Maldives, Mozambique, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies=

|name=Great black-headed (or Pallas's) gull |binomial=Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus |image=File:Pallas's or Great Black-headed gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus by Vedant Kasambe 01.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Pallas |authority-year=1773 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Breeds in Central Asia and Ukraine, winters in Arabia and India. |range-image=File:LarusIchthyaetusIUCN.svg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= |name=Audouin's gull |binomial=Ichthyaetus audouinii |image=File:Korallenmöwe.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Payraudeau |authority-year=1826 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian peninsula |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= VU |population= |direction= |subspecies=

|name= Mediterranean gull|binomial=Ichthyaetus melanocephalus |image=File:Larus melanocephalus -Zwin (Belgium).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Temminck|authority-year=1820 |authority-not-original=yes |range= the Black Sea and the eastern Mediterranean this species has now expanded over most of Europe as far as Great Britain and Ireland |range-image=File:LarusMelanocephalus.png |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= |name= Relict gull|binomial=Ichthyaetus relictus |image=File:Relict Gull.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Lönnberg |authority-year=1931 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Mongolia, two in Kazakhstan, one in Russia, and one in China (Lake Hongjiannao) |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= VU |population= |direction= |subspecies=

|name= White-eyed gull|binomial=Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus |image=File:Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus 327149376.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Temminck |authority-year= 1825|authority-not-original=yes |range= Throughout Red Sea |range-image=File:Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus range.png |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies=

References

References

1. Jobling, James A. (2010). "The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names". Christopher Helm.
2. 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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