Species profile
Sooty Gull
Ichthyaetus hemprichii
Quick answer
Red Sea and Persian Gulf area to s Pakistan and n Kenya
- Scientific name
- Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Family
- Laridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Ichthyaetus
Recording Sooty Gull in your journal
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