Chroicocephalus
Chroicocephalus is a genus of medium to relatively small gulls which were included in the genus Larus until recently. Some authorities also include the Saunders's gull in Chroicocephalus. The genus name Chroicocephalus is from Ancient Greek khroizo, "to colour", and kephale, "head".
Representatives of this genus are found in regions/subregions all over the world, each species usually being confined to a region.Species
- Silver gull, Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- *Red-billed gull, Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae scopulinus
- Black-billed gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
- Hartlaub's gull, Chroicocephalus hartlaubii
- Saunders's gull, Chroicocephalus saundersi
- Brown-hooded gull, Chroicocephalus maculipennis
- Grey-headed gull, Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Andean gull, Chroicocephalus serranus
- Brown-headed gull, Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Slender-billed gull, Chroicocephalus genei
- Bonaparte's gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Huahine gull †, Chroicocephalus utunui''
