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Larus ichthyaetus Pallas, 1773 
AphiaID: 212627

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Laridae (Family) > Larus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Larus Linnaeus, 1758
Source  basis of record: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish stor sorthovedet måge  [details]
Dutch reuzenzwartkopmeeuw  [details]
English great black-headed gull  [details]
English Pallas's gull  [details]
French goéland ichthyaète  [details]
German Fischmöwe  [details]
Lithuanian kiras kvatoklis  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Αετόγλαρος  [details]
Polish mewa orlica  [details]
Polish orlica  [details]
Russian морская мартышка  [details]
Russian чайка-рыболов  [details]
Russian черноголовый хохотун  [details]
Slovenian ribji galeb  [details]
Spanish gavión cabecinegro  [details]
Turkish buyuk karabas marti  [details]
Turkish büyük karabaş martı  [details]
Ukrainian Мартин каспійський  [details]
Ukrainian Мартин каспійський (Реготун чорноголовий)  [details]
Ukrainian Чорноголовий реготун  [details]
Environment marine, fresh
Distribution Central Asia [details]
Eritrea [details]
Kenya [details]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Somalia [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (147 publications)
To IUCN Red List
To PESI
To ITIS
Note  Description: Length: 57-61 cm. Plumage: above, wings and back pale grey with some white edges to wing coverts; head white, hind crown and hind neck brownish with darker streaking and dark patch around eye; breeding adult like non-breeding but with black hood, white eye crescents and white hind neck; primaries with some black in all plumages, white tipped in adults; white leading and trailing edges to spread wings. Immature similar to adult but with brownish mottling on wing coverts and black band on tail. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill massive, yellow with black band near tip, greyish pink with black tip in immature; feet and legs greenish yellow, grey in immature. Habitat: marine and fresh water beaches. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212627
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-07-17 10:53:12Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Larus ichthyaetus Pallas, 1773. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212627 on 2013-05-20
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