Pallas's Gull
Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus(Pallas, PS, 1773)
English (US) Pallas's Gull
The Pallas's Gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus) 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 patchily on lake islands from Crimea eastward through Kazakhstan and Mongolia to Gansu, Qinghai, and Inner Mongolia (west-central China); winters to coasts, landlocked seas, and rivers from Black Sea eastward across Bay of Bengal to Bangladesh and south-central MyanmarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pallas's Gull
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1773)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Larus Ichthyaetus
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1773)
- Type locality
- Caspian Sea.
- Original description
- Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs 2 p.713
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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