Audouin’s gull
White-winged tern
The Mediterranean gull is a small gull. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus Ichthyaetus is from ikhthus, “fish”, and aetos, “eagle”, and the specific melanocephalus is from melas, “black”, and -kephalos “-headed”.
Scientific name: Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population stable)
Mass: 260 g
Higher classification: Ichthyaetus
