Sooty Gull
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| Sooty Gull | |
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| Juvenile sooty gull | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Genus: | Ichthyaetus |
| Species: | I. hemprichii |
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| Ichthyaetus hemprichii (Bruch, 1853, Red Sea) |
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Larus hemprichii |
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The Sooty Gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii) is a species of gull in the Laridae family. It is found in 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. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus Larus.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Larus hemprichii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
- 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
[edit] External links
- Oiseaux Photos
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