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Category:Chroicocephalus - BirdForum Opus

Genus: Chroicocephalus

Description

Small to medium-sized gulls.

Taxonomy

Chroicocephalus is a genus in the Family Laridae.
All species were formerly included in the genus Larus.


Genus Chroicocephalus viewedit
C. genei Slender-billed Gull
C. philadelphia Bonaparte's Gull
C. serranus Andean Gull
C. maculipennis Brown-hooded Gull
C. bulleri Black-billed Gull
C. novaehollandiae Silver Gull
C. cirrocephalus Gray-hooded Gull
C. hartlaubii Hartlaub's Gull
C. ridibundus Black-headed Gull
C. brunnicephalus Brown-headed Gull

Reference

J.-M. Pons, A. Hassanin, and P.-A. Crochet. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships within the Laridae (Charadriiformes: Aves) inferred from mitochondrial markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37:686–699.

Pages in category ‘Chroicocephalus’

The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.

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