| Leucophaeus | |
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| Franklin's gull | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Genus: | Leucophaeus Bruch, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Larus haematorhynchus[1] King, 1828 | |
| Species | |
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Leucophaeus is a smallgenus of medium-sizedNew Worldgulls, most of which are dark in plumage, usually with white crescents above and below the eyes. They were placed in the genusLarus until recently.[2] The genus nameLeucophaeus is fromAncient Greekleukos, "white", andphaios, "dusky".[3]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Dolphin gull
| Leucophaeus scoresbii (Traill, 1823) | coasts of Chile, Argentina, and the Falkland Islands | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Grey gull
| Leucophaeus modestus (Tschudi, 1843) | Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile, | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Lava gull
| Leucophaeus fuliginosus (Gould, 1841) | Galapagos Islands | Size: Habitat: Diet: | VU |
| Laughing gull
| Leucophaeus atricilla (Linnaeus, 1758) | the Atlantic coast of North America, the Caribbean, and northern South America | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Franklin's gull
| Leucophaeus pipixcan (Wagler, 1831) | Argentina, the Caribbean, Chile, Peru, and Canada | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
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