Ichthyaetus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Ordo: Charadriiformes
Subordo: Lari

Familia: Laridae
Subfamilia: Larinae
Genus: Ichthyaetus
Species: I. audouinii – I. hemprichii – I. ichthyaetus – I. leucophthalmus – I. melanocephalus – I. relictus
Name

Ichthyaetus Kaup, 1829
Type species

Larus ichthyaetus Pallas, 1773, = Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus

References

Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte und Naturliches System der Europaischen Thierwelt: 102.

Ichthyaetus is a genus of gulls. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ikhthus, "fish", and aetos, "eagle".[1] They were previously included in the genus Larus.[2]
Species

Genus Ichthyaetus – Kaup, 1829 – six species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Sooty gull	Ichthyaetus hemprichii (Bruch, 1855)	Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Maldives, Mozambique, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Great black-headed (or Pallas's) gull	Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus (Pallas, 1773)	Breeds in Central Asia and Ukraine, winters in Arabia and India.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Audouin's gull	Ichthyaetus audouinii (Payraudeau, 1826)	Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian peninsula	Size: Habitat: Diet:	VU
Mediterranean gull	Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (Temminck, 1820)	the Black Sea and the eastern Mediterranean this species has now expanded over most of Europe as far as Great Britain and Ireland	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Relict gull	Ichthyaetus relictus (Lönnberg, 1931)	Mongolia, two in Kazakhstan, one in Russia, and one in China (Lake Hongjiannao)	Size: Habitat: Diet:	VU
White-eyed gull	Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus (Temminck, 1825)	Throughout Red Sea	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

References

Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 224. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
Pons J.M., Hassanin, A., and Crochet P.A.(2005). Phylogenetic relationships within the Laridae (Charadriiformes: Aves) inferred from mitochondrial markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37(3):686–699