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
- 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)
Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Scientific name definitions
Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 10, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 10, 2016
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Authors
Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, and Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Burger, J., M. Gochfeld, and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.medgul1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- February 10, 2016
- Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus
Authors
Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, and Ernest Garcia
Revisors
Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Burger, J., M. Gochfeld, and E. F. J. Garcia (2016). Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
