Hooded Gulls
Leucophaeus
Leucophaeus is a small genus of medium-sized New World gulls, most of which are dark in plumage, usually with white crescents above and below the eyes. They were placed in the genus Larus until recently. The genus name Leucophaeus is from Ancient Greek leukos, "white", and phaios, "dusky".
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Laughing Gull
speciesLeucophaeus atricilla
Franklin's Gull
speciesLeucophaeus pipixcan
Dolphin Gull
speciesLeucophaeus scoresbii
Gray Gull
speciesLeucophaeus modestus
Lava Gull
speciesLeucophaeus fuliginosus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71720.