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Revision as of 17:58, 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.