Chroicocephalus

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]

Chroicocephalus
Silver gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Chroicocephalus
Eyton, 1836
Type species
Larus capistratus[1] = Larus ridibundus
Temminck, 1820
Species

See list

Representatives of this genus are found in regions/subregions all over the world, each species usually being confined to a region.

Species
ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Silver gullChroicocephalus novaehollandiaeAustralia, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Tasmania, New Zealand
Black-billed gullChroicocephalus bulleriNew Zealand
Hartlaub's gullChroicocephalus hartlaubiicoastline of South Africa and Namibia.
Saunders's gullChroicocephalus saundersiChina, Hong Kong, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Macau, Russia, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
Brown-hooded gullChroicocephalus maculipennisArgentina, Brazil, Chile, the Falkland Islands, and Uruguay
Grey-headed gullChroicocephalus cirrocephalusSouth America and Africa south of the Sahara.
Andean gullChroicocephalus serranusArgentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Brown-headed gullChroicocephalus brunnicephalusTajikistan to Ordos in Inner Mongolia.
Black-headed gullChroicocephalus ridibundusPalearctic including Europe and also in coastal eastern Canada.
Slender-billed gullChroicocephalus geneithe Mediterranean and the north of the western Indian Ocean
Bonaparte's gullChroicocephalus philadelphianorthern North America

Fossils

References
  1. "Laridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. Pons J.M.; Hassanin, A.; Crochet P.A. (2005). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Laridae (Charadriiformes: Aves) inferred from mitochondrial markers" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. 37 (3): 686–699. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.05.011. PMID 16054399. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  3. Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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