奥氏鸥

分类位置

同属物种

地中海鷗

Mediterranean Gull

渔鸥

Pallas's Gull

遗鸥

Relict Gull

白領鷗

Sooty Gull

白眼鷗

White-eyed Gull

形态与习性

Audouin's gull (Ichthyaetus audouinii) is a large gull restricted to the Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ikhthus, "fish", and aetos, "eagle", and the specific audouinii and the English name are after the French naturalist Jean Victoire Audouin. It breeds on small islands colonially or alone, laying 2–3 eggs on a ground nest. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus Larus. I