Chroicocephalus

Chroicocephalus

Silver Gull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Laridae
Genus:	Chroicocephalus Eyton, 1836
Species
see list

Chroicocephalus is a genus of medium to relatively small gulls which were once included in the genus Larus. Some authorities also include the Saunders's Gull in Chroicocephalus. The name is derived from the Greek chroa (colour) and cephalus (head).

Species

Silver Gull, Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Red-billed Gull, Chroicocephalus scopulinus
Hartlaub's Gull, Chroicocephalus hartlaubii
Saunders's Gull, Chroicocephalus saundersi
Brown-hooded Gull, Chroicocephalus maculipennis
Grey-headed Gull, Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Andean Gull, Chroicocephalus serranus
Black-billed Gull, Chroicocephalus bulleri
Brown-headed Gull, Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Black-headed Gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Slender-billed Gull, Chroicocephalus genei
Bonaparte's Gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia
† Huahine Gull, Chroicocephalus utunui

References

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

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Greek-2004/2008/11/Etymology.htm

Gulls (family: Laridae)

Genus	Species

Larus	Pacific Gull Belcher's Gull Olrog's Gull Black-tailed Gull Heermann's Gull Common Gull (or Mew Gull) Ring-billed Gull California Gull Great Black-backed Gull Kelp Gull (or Cape Gull) Glaucous-winged Gull Western Gull Yellow-footed Gull Glaucous Gull Iceland Gull Kumlien's Gull Thayer's Gull European Herring Gull Heuglin's Gull American Herring Gull Yellow-legged Gull Caspian Gull Vega Gull (or East Siberian Gull / Mongolian Gull) Armenian Gull Slaty-backed Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull

Ichthyaetus	White-eyed Gull Sooty Gull Great Black-Headed Gull (or Pallas's Gull) Audouin's Gull Mediterranean Gull Relict Gull

Leucophaeus	Dolphin Gull Laughing Gull Franklin's Gull Lava Gull Grey Gull

Chroicocephalus	Silver Gull Red-billed Gull Huahine Gull Hartlaub's Gull Brown-hooded Gull Grey-headed Gull (or Grey-hooded Gull) Andean Gull Black-billed Gull Brown-headed Gull Black-Headed Gull Slender-billed Gull Bonaparte's Gull

Saundersilarus	Saunders's Gull

Hydrocoloeus	Little Gull

Rhodostethia	Ross's Gull

Rissa	Black-legged Kittiwake Red-legged Kittiwake

Pagophila	Ivory Gull

Xema	Sabine's Gull

Creagrus	Swallow-tailed Gull