Sooty Gull

Here the details of the Sooty Gull named bird below:

SCI Name:  Ichthyaetus hemprichii
Protonym:  Larus (Adelarus) Hemprichii J.Orn. 1 no.2 p.106
Taxonomy:  Charadriiformes / Laridae / Ichthyaetus
Taxonomy Code:  soogul2
Type Locality:  Red Sea.
Author:  Bruch
Publish Year:  1853
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ichthyaetus
Gr. ιχθυς ikhthus  fish; αετος aetos  eagle.

Ichthyaetus
● (syn. Ichthyophaga Ϯ Grey-headed Fish Eagle I. ichthyaetus) Specific name Falco ichthyaetus Horsfield, 1821; "3. Untergeschlecht. Sperberaare, Ichthyaëtus *), Lafr. (humilis, Müller, ichthyaëtus, Horsf.)  ...  *) Der Name Ichthyaëtus ist hier besser angewandt, als ich ihn bei den Möven gebrauchte" (Kaup 1844) (see Ichthyetus).   Var. Ichthyiaetus, Ichtyaetos.
● (syn. Larus Ϯ Great Black-headed Gull L. ichthyaetus) Specific name Larus ichthyaetus Pallas, 1773; "Rabenmöve. Ichthyaëtus.  E[ntwickelung]. Wie bei Larus.  Ch[arakter]. Riesenmäßige Krähenmöven.  L[ebensart]. Hierin gleichen sie den Krähenmöven; sind aber mehr räuberischer Natur" (Kaup 1829); given in allusion to the predatory habits of the Great Black-headed Gull. In Kaup's list this entry was followed by that of "Rabe. Corvus".  Var. Ichthaetus.
● (syn. Pandion Ϯ Osprey P. haliaetus) Gr. ιχθυς ikhthus, ιχθυος ikhthuos  fish; αετος aetos  eagle; "Common Osprey, Ichthyaëtus piscivorus.‡  ...  ‡ Here the fish-eating is given both as a general and specific character, which is decidedly objectionable.—ED." (Sweeting 1837) (OD per Björn Bergenholtz).   Var. Icthyaetus, Ichthyaeetus, Ichthiyaetus, Ichtyaetos.

hemprichii
Friedrich Wilhelm Hemprich (1796-1825) German naturalist, explorer in Egypt, the Middle East and Arabia 1820-1825 (subsp. Dendropicos fuscescens, syn. Geronticus eremita, Larus, Lophoceros, subsp. Saxicola torquatus).