Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (42)
- Monotypic
Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 10, 2016
Text last updated February 10, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Pulëbardha kokëzezë |
| Arabic | نورس البحر المتوسط |
| Armenian | Սևագլուխ որոր |
| Asturian | Gaviota tiestaprieta |
| Azerbaijani | Qarabaş qağayı |
| Basque | Antxeta burubeltza |
| Bulgarian | Малка черноглава чайка |
| Catalan | gavina capnegra mediterrània |
| Croatian | crnoglavi galeb |
| Czech | racek černohlavý |
| Danish | Sorthovedet Måge |
| Dutch | Zwartkopmeeuw |
| English | Mediterranean Gull |
| English (United States) | Mediterranean Gull |
| Faroese | Høvuðsvartur mási |
| Finnish | mustanmerenlokki |
| French | Mouette mélanocéphale |
| French (France) | Mouette mélanocéphale |
| Galician | Gaivota de cabeza negra |
| German | Schwarzkopfmöwe |
| Greek | Μαυροκέφαλος Γλάρος |
| Hebrew | שחף שחור-ראש |
| Hungarian | Szerecsensirály |
| Icelandic | Lónamáfur |
| Italian | Gabbiano corallino |
| Japanese | ニシズグロカモメ |
| Latvian | Melngalvas kaija |
| Lithuanian | Juodagalvis kiras |
| Norwegian | svartehavsmåke |
| Persian | کاکایی مدیترانه ای |
| Polish | mewa czarnogłowa |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gaivota-de-cabeça-preta |
| Romanian | Pescăruș cu cap negru |
| Russian | Черноголовая чайка |
| Serbian | Crnoglavi galeb |
| Slovak | čajka čiernohlavá |
| Slovenian | Črnoglavi galeb |
| Spanish | Gaviota Cabecinegra |
| Spanish (Spain) | Gaviota cabecinegra |
| Swedish | svarthuvad mås |
| Turkish | Akdeniz Martısı |
| Ukrainian | Мартин середземноморський |
Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (Temminck, 1820)
PROTONYM:
Larus melanocephalus
Temminck, 1820. Manuel d'ornithologie, ou tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe (etc.) ed.2, part 1, p.777.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Coasts of the Adriatic Sea.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ICHTHYAETUS
- ichthyaetum / ichthyaetus
- melanocephala / melanocephalon / melanocephalos / melanocephalum / melanocephalus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Mediterranean Gull
