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".
Species
Genus Leucophaeus – Bruch, 1855 – five species
Common name
Scientific name and subspecies
Range
Size and ecology
IUCN status and estimated population
Dolphin gull
Leucophaeus scoresbii (Traill, 1823)
coasts of Chile, Argentina, and the Falkland Islands
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LC
Grey gull
Leucophaeus modestus (Tschudi, 1843)
Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile,
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Two subspecies
L. a. megalopterus (Bruch, 1855)
L. a. atricilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
the Atlantic coast of North America, the Caribbean, and northern South America
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LC
Franklin's gull
Leucophaeus pipixcan (Wagler, 1831)
Argentina, the Caribbean, Chile, Peru, and Canada
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