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The little gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus), is a species of gull belonging to the family Laridae which is mainly found in the Palearctic with some colonies in North America. It breeds on freshwaters and spends winters at sea. It is the smallest species of gull in the world and the only species in the monospecific genus Hydrocoloeus.
The Pacific gull is a large white-headed gull with a distinctively heavy bill.. Gulls range in size from the little gull, at 120 grams (4 + 1 ⁄ 4 ounces) and 29 centimetres (11 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches), to the great black-backed gull, at 1.75 kg (3 lb 14 oz) and 76 cm (30 in).
Genus Chroicocephalus (11 species) Genus Hydrocoloeus (little gull) Genus Rhodostethia (Ross's gull) Genus Leucophaeus (5 species) Genus Ichthyaetus (6 species) Genus Larus (25 species) Subfamily Sterninae (terns) Genus Gelochelidon (2 species) Genus Hydroprogne (Caspian tern) Genus Thalasseus (8 species) Genus Sternula (7 species) Genus ...
The Gulls are bird species of the family Laridae in the suborder ... Little gull; M. Miracle of the gulls; Mongolian gull; R. Ross's gull; S. Sabine's gull; Short ...
The book adopts a conservative approach at higher taxonomic levels, lumping all gulls (except for ivory gull, Ross's gull and the two kittiwakes) in the genus Larus. A revised taxonomy is adopted at the species level, however; a number of distinctive forms (mainly in the large white-headed gull complex) are regarded as separate species.
Ross's gull (Rhodostethia rosea) is a small gull, the only species in its genus, although it has been suggested the genus should be merged with the closely related Hydrocoloeus, which otherwise only includes the little gull. This bird is named after the British explorer James Clark Ross.
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The type species is the great black-backed gull (Larus marinus). [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The Latin name Larus marinus translates as "sea gull", and the gulls in this genus generally are the species most often known colloquially as "seagulls".