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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | + | Five gull species from the Americas. | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | ''Leucophaeus'' is a genus in the Family [[: Category:Laridae|Laridae]]. It is recognized by e.g., BOU and | + | ''Leucophaeus'' is a genus in the Family [[: Category:Laridae|Laridae]].<br /> |
| + | It is recognized by e.g., BOU, Clements and the IOC but not (yet?) by the other world-wide checklists; these place this gull in genus ''[[: Category:Larus|Larus]]''. | ||
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| + | {{Nav-Leucophaeus}} | ||
==Reference== | ==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. | 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. | ||
[[Category:Laridae]] | [[Category:Laridae]] | ||
Revision as of 17:54, 19 January 2011
Genus: Leucophaeus
Description
Five gull species from the Americas.
Taxonomy
Leucophaeus is a genus in the Family Laridae.
It is recognized by e.g., BOU, Clements and the IOC but not (yet?) by the other world-wide checklists; these place this gull in genus Larus.
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| L. scoresbii | Dolphin Gull | ||
| L. modestus | Gray Gull | ||
| L. atricilla | Laughing Gull | ||
| L. pipixcan | Franklin's Gull | ||
| L. fuliginosus | Lava 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 ‘Leucophaeus’
The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
