Sooty Gull

Taxobox
name = Sooty Gull
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

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image_caption = Juvenile sooty gull
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Charadriiformes
familia = Laridae
genus = "Ichthyaetus"
species = "I. hemprichii"
binomial = "Ichthyaetus hemprichii"
binomial_authority = (Bruch, 1853, Red Sea)
synonyms = "Larus hemprichii"

The Sooty Gull ("Ichthyaetus hemprichii") is a species of gull in the Laridae family.It is found in 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. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus "Larus".

ource

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/49214/all Larus hemprichii] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
* 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

External links

* [http://www.oiseaux.net/birds/photos/sooty.gull.html Oiseaux] Photos