Sooty Gull
Ichthyaetus hemprichii(Bruch, CF, 1855)
English (US) Sooty Gull
The Sooty Gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Laridae (Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds islands of Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, southward to northern Kenya and eastward to southern Pakistan; winters to central Tanzania including ZanzibarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sooty Gull
- Described by
- (Bruch, CF, 1855)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Larus (Adelarus) Hemprichii
- Described by
- (Bruch, CF, 1855)
- Type locality
- Red Sea.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 1, no.2 p.106
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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