Relict Gull
Ichthyaetus relictus(Lönnberg, E, 1931)
English (US) Relict Gull
The Relict Gull (Ichthyaetus relictus) 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 lakes of northeastern Kazakhstan eastward to Transbaikalia (southeastern Russia) and Inner Mongolia (northeastern China); winters coasts of Korean Peninsula, Bohai Bay, Yellow Sea, and East China SeaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ichthyaetus relictus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Relict Gull
- Described by
- (Lönnberg, E, 1931)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Larus melanocephalus relictus
- Described by
- (Lönnberg, E, 1931)
- Type locality
- Tsondol, on the Etsingol, southern Gobi.
- Original description
- Arkiv för Zoologi 23B no.2 p.2,5
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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