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Genus: ''Chroicocephalus''
 
Genus: ''Chroicocephalus''
  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
This genus, if recognized, would include [[Bonaparte’s Gull]], [[Black-headed Gull]], [[Slender-billed Gull]], [[Brown-hooded Gull]], [[Brown-headed Gull]], [[Grey-headed Gull]], [[Black-billed Gull]], [[Red-billed Gull]], [[Silver Gull]], [[Hartlaub's Gull]], and [[Andean Gull]].
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Small to medium-sized gulls.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
''Chroicocephalus'' is a genus in the Family [[:Category:Laridae|Laridae]]. It is recognized by e.g., BOU and by Clements, but not (yet?) by the other major world-wide checklists; these place these gulls in genus ''[[:Category:Larus|Larus]]''.  
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''Chroicocephalus'' is a genus in the Family [[:Category:Laridae|Laridae]].<br />
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All species were formerly included in the genus ''[[:Category:Larus|Larus]]''.  
  
 
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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.

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