LARIDAE
(sea gulls)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Chroicocephalus
a genus of birds
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 111 images
Ichthyaetus
a genus of birds
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 14 images
Larus
gulls, sea gulls, seagulls
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 		Genus 4 subtaxa 100 images
Rissa tridactyla
Kittiwake, Black-legged Kittiwake
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 		Species 2 images 1 ident. refs
Sterna
terns
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Thalasseus
a genus of birds
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyLARIDAE (sea gulls)
OrderCHARADRIIFORMES (plovers and sea birds)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

LARIDAE (sea gulls) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for LARIDAE (sea gulls)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 13 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for LARIDAE (sea gulls)
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