Chroicocephalus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Ancient Greek χρωϊκός (khrōïkós, “coloured”) + Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + Ancient Greek -ος (-os).
Proper noun edit
Chroicocephalus m
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Charadriiformes - order; Lari - suborder; Laridae - family; Larinae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Chroicocephalus ridibundus - type species; Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus, Chroicocephalus bulleri, Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus, Chroicocephalus genei, Chroicocephalus hartlaubii, Chroicocephalus maculipennis, Chroicocephalus serranus - selected other species
References edit
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- Chroicocephalus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Chroicocephalus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Chroicocephalus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons