Leucophaeus

Leucophaeus
Franklin's gull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Laridae
Genus:	Leucophaeus Bruch, 1855
Type species
Larus haematorhynchus [1] King, 1828
Species
5, see list

Leucophaeus is a small genus of medium-sized New World gulls, most of which are dark in plumage, usually with white crescents above and below the eyes. They were placed in the genus Larus until recently. ^[2] The genus name Leucophaeus is from Ancient Greek leukos, "white", and phaios, "dusky". ^[3]

Species

Genus Leucophaeus – Bruch, 1855 – five species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Dolphin gull	Leucophaeus scoresbii (Traill, 1823)	coasts of Chile, Argentina, and the Falkland Islands	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Grey gull	Leucophaeus modestus (Tschudi, 1843)	Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile,	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Lava gull	Leucophaeus fuliginosus (Gould, 1841)	Galapagos Islands	Size: Habitat: Diet:	VU
Laughing gull	Leucophaeus atricilla (Linnaeus, 1758) Two subspecies L. a. megalopterus (Bruch, 1855) L. a. atricilla (Linnaeus, 1758)	the Atlantic coast of North America, the Caribbean, and northern South America	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Franklin's gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan (Wagler, 1831)	Argentina, the Caribbean, Chile, Peru, and Canada	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

References

1. "Laridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
2. Pons J.M.; Hassanin, A.; Crochet P.A. (2005). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Laridae (Charadriiformes: Aves) inferred from mitochondrial markers" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. 37 (3): 686–699. Bibcode:2005MolPE..37..686P. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.05.011. PMID   16054399. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
3. Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p.  224. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.