Chroicocephalus is a genus of medium to relatively small gulls which were included in the genus Larus until recently.[2] Some authorities also include the Saunders's gullinChroicocephalus. The genus name Chroicocephalus is from Ancient Greek khroizo, "to colour", and kephale, "head".[3]
| Chroicocephalus | |
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| Silver gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Genus: | Chroicocephalus Eyton, 1836 |
| Type species | |
| Larus capistratus[1] = Larus ridibundus Temminck, 1820 | |
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Representatives of this genus are found in regions/subregions all over the world, each species usually being confined to a region.
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Silver gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | Australia, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Tasmania, New Zealand |
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Black-billed gull | Chroicocephalus bulleri | New Zealand |
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Hartlaub's gull | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | coastline of South Africa and Namibia. |
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Saunders's gull | Chroicocephalus saundersi | China, Hong Kong, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Macau, Russia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. |
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Brown-hooded gull | Chroicocephalus maculipennis | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the Falkland Islands, and Uruguay |
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Grey-headed gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | South America and Africa south of the Sahara. |
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Andean gull | Chroicocephalus serranus | Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. |
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Brown-headed gull | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | Tajikistan to Ordos in Inner Mongolia. |
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Black-headed gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Palearctic including Europe and also in coastal eastern Canada. |
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Slender-billed gull | Chroicocephalus genei | the Mediterranean and the north of the western Indian Ocean |
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Bonaparte's gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | northern North America |