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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Larus (gulls)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Charadriiformes > Family: Laridae 

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Larus cirrocephalus (Grey-headed gull) 

Larus dominicanus (Kelp gull)  

Larus fuscus (Lesser black-backed gull) 

Larus genei (Slender-billed gull) 

Larus hartlaubii (Hartlaub's gull) 

Larus heuglini (Heuglin's gull) 

Larus pipixcan (Franklin's gull) 

Larus ridibundus (Common black-headed gull, Black-headed gull) 

Larus sabini (Sabine's gull)