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title: "Gaivotão-de-cabeça-preta"
description: "Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus — Aves. Pallas's gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus), also known as the great black-headed gull, is a large bird species."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/pallas-s-gull
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gaivotão-de-cabeça-preta

> Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus — Aves. Pallas's gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus), also known as the great black-headed gull, is a large bird species.

- Scientific name: *Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios), `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4096
- Wikidata: [Q476356](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q476356)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144521](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144521)

## Names

- en: Pallas's Gull
- de: Fischmöwe
- es: Gavión cabecinegro
- fr: Goéland ichthyaète
- nl: Reuzenzwartkopmeeuw
- pt: Gaivotão-de-cabeça-preta
- pl: Mewa orlica

## Countries with the most observations

RU (2386), IN (503), CN (262), KZ (125), RO (82), IL (71), UA (68), MN (51), TR (39), OM (32), UZ (32), TH (28)

## Summary

Pallas's gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus), also known as the great black-headed gull, is a large bird species. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus Larus. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. Ichthyaetus is from ikhthus, "fish", and aetos, "eagle".

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallas%27s_gull

## Photo

![Gaivotão-de-cabeça-preta](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pallas-s-gull/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/116560234

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pallas-s-gull?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).