Pallas's Gull

Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus

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The Pallas's gull or great black-headed gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus) is a large gull. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus Larus. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. Ichthyaetus is from ikhthus, "fish", and aetos, "eagle".

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  1. (c) Dhaivat A, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhaivat_a/33313203112/
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyaetus_ichthyaetus

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