| Ichthyaetus | |
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| Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Subfamily: | Larinae |
| Genus: | Ichthyaetus Kaup, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Larus ichthyaetus (Pallas, 1773) | |
| Species | |
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Ichthyaetus is agenus ofgulls in the orderCharadriiformes. Thegenus name comes fromAncient Greekἰχθύς (ikhthús), meaning "fish", andἀετός (aetós), meaning "eagle", and thus, "fish eagle".[1] They were previously included in the genusLarus.[2]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Sooty gull
| Ichthyaetus hemprichii (Bruch, 1855) | 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. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Great black-headed (or Pallas's) gull
| Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus (Pallas, 1773) | Breeds in Central Asia and Ukraine, winters in Arabia and India. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Audouin's gull
| Ichthyaetus audouinii (Payraudeau, 1826) | Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian peninsula | Size: Habitat: Diet: | VU |
| Mediterranean gull
| Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (Temminck, 1820) | the Black Sea and the eastern Mediterranean this species has now expanded over most of Europe as far as Great Britain and Ireland | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Relict gull
| Ichthyaetus relictus (Lönnberg, 1931) | Mongolia, two in Kazakhstan, one in Russia, and one in China (Lake Hongjiannao) | Size: Habitat: Diet: | VU |
| White-eyed gull
| Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus (Temminck, 1825) | Throughout Red Sea | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
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