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The little gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) belongs to the family Laridae under the order Charadriiformes.

Little gull taxonomy

The order Charadriiformes has nearly 350 species listed under it. Lari is one of its suborders and contains four families, namely, Laridae, Stercorariidae, Alcidae and Glareolidae.

The family Laridae was introduced (as Laridia) by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (October 22, 1783 – September 18, 1840) in 1815. Laridae was expanded to include the genera that had previously been in Sternidae and Rynchopidae. The family Laridae has around 100 species arranged into 23 genera.

The genus Hydrocoloeus is a monotypic genus, having only one species, Hydrocoloeus minutus under it. Hydrocoloeus is from Ancient Greek hudro, "water", and koloios, a sort of web-footed bird. The word minutus is Latin for "small".

The genus Rhodostethia is again monotypic genus and it is under proposal to move the species Rhodostethia rosea to Hydrocoloeus.

Taxonomic classification
Binomial name:	Hydrocoloeus minutus
Species:	H. minutus
Genus:	Hydrocoloeus
Subfamily:	-
Family:	Laridae
Order:	Charadriiformes
Class:	Aves
Phylum:	Chordata
Kingdom:	Animalia

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Images

1.Little gull - Hydrocoloeus minutus
Image by Ekaterina Chernetsova (Papchinskaya)

2.Little gull - Hydrocoloeus minutus
Image by Andrej Chudý

3.Little gull - Hydrocoloeus minutus
Image by Andrew Cannizzaro

4.Little gull - Hydrocoloeus minutus
Image by Ekaterina Chernetsova (Papchinskaya)

5.Little gull - Hydrocoloeus minutus
Image by Ekaterina Chernetsova (Papchinskaya)

6.Little gull - Hydrocoloeus minutus
Image by kallerna

7.Little gull - Hydrocoloeus minutus
Image by kallerna

8.Little gull - Hydrocoloeus minutus
Image by Ekaterina Chernetsova (Papchinskaya)

9.Little gull - Hydrocoloeus minutus
Image by Ekaterina Chernetsova (Papchinskaya)

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1.Little gull image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hydrocoloeus_minutus_Russia_10.jpg (cropped)
Author: Ekaterina Chernetsova (Papchinskaya) | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 7/18/17
2.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C4%8Cajka_mal%C3%A1_(Larus_minutus)_a_(4834254958).jpg (cropped)
Author: Andrej Chudý | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 7/18/17
3.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little_Gull_(Hydrocoloeus_minutus)_(14497961287).jpg (cropped)
Author: Andrew Cannizzaro | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 7/18/17
4.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hydrocoloeus_minutus_Russia_12.jpg (cropped)
Author: Ekaterina Chernetsova (Papchinskaya) | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 7/18/17
5.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hydrocoloeus_minutus_Russia_08.jpg (cropped)
Author: Ekaterina Chernetsova (Papchinskaya) | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 7/18/17
6.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bird_Yyterin_lietteet_4.jpg (cropped)
Author: kallerna | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
7.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bird_Yyterin_lietteet_3.jpg (cropped)
Author: kallerna | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
8.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hydrocoloeus_minutus_Russia_04.jpg (cropped)
Author: Ekaterina Chernetsova (Papchinskaya) | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 7/18/17
9.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hydrocoloeus_minutus_Russia_03.jpg (cropped)
Author: Ekaterina Chernetsova (Papchinskaya) | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 7/18/17
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