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Category:Leucophaeus

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Genus: Leucophaeus

[edit] Description

This genus, if recognized, would include Dolphin Gull, Gray Gull, Laughing Gull, Franklin's Gull, and Lava Gull.

[edit] Taxonomy

Leucophaeus is a genus in the Family Laridae. It is recognized by e.g., BOU, but not (yet?) by the major world-wide checklists; these place this gull in genus Larus.

[edit] Reference

J.-M. Pons, A. Hassanin, and P.-A. Crochet. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships within the Laridae (Charadriiformes: Aves) inferred from mitochondrial markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37:686–699.


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