Franklin's gull is a small gull. The genus name Leucophaeus is from Ancient Greek leukos, "white", and phaios, "dusky". The specific pipixcan is a Nahuatl name for a type of gull. The English common n
Leucophaeus is a small genus of medium-sized New World gulls, most of which are dark in plumage, usually with white crescents above and below the eyes. They were placed in the genus Larus until recent
Franklin's gull
…status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae Genus: Leucophaeus Species: L. pipixcan Binomial name Leucophaeus pipixcan (Wagler, 1831) Breeding Migration Nonbreeding Synonyms Larus pipixcan Franklin's gull (Leucophaeus…