Birds of the World

    CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)  
Genus: Ichthyaetus (6 species)


Audouin's Gull
Audouin's Gull (Ichthyaetus audouinii)
Range: PAL: e North Atlantic coast of s Portugal and Spain; coasts and islets of Mediterranean and associated seas to Cyprus and s Turkey
Ebro Delta, Spain  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note thick red bill, heavily curved, with black tip. Localized to beaches near Iberian peninsula. Note also dark, almost black, legs. A bit larger than other gulls in its range, such as Black-headed Gull, Mediterranean Gull and Slender-billed Gull.

Sooty Gull
Sooty Gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii)
Range: AF, PAL: islands of Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, nw Indian Ocean to ne Kenya, Persian Gulf and nw Arabian Sea to s Pakistan
Saudi Arabia  
 
Photograph by Ammadoux   © All Rights Reserved.


Pallas's Gull
Pallas's Gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus)
Range: PAL: patchily on lake islands from Crimea to Kazakhstan, w, s Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai and Inner Mongolia (w, c China)
Punakha, Bhutan  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


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White-eyed Gull (Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus)
Range: AF: islands off Red Sea coasts
 



Mediterranean Gull
Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)
Range: PAL: inland s Britain and e Spain to sw Russia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan
Ebro Delta, Spain  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Very similar to Black-headed Gull but note slightly smaller size, and no black in tail. Found along Mediterranean coast and on the Atlantic ocean from France to northwest Africa, and the Black Sea has a large population.

Relict Gull
Relict Gull (Ichthyaetus relictus)
Range: PAL: lakes of ne Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi (nc China) and Transbaikalia (se Russia)
Boontsagaan Nuur, Mongolia  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.



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