bird in a more threatened category. The main threats faced by the bird are from the exploration of some of its traditional breeding grounds for oil, land reclamation, and the possibility of oil spills. References Pons J.M., Hassanin, A., and Crochet P.A.(2005). Phylogenetic relationships within the Laridae (Charadriiformes: Aves) inferred from mitochondrial markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37(3):686–699 External links Oiseaux Photos sooty gull Birds of East Africa Birds of the Arabian Peninsula Birds of Pakistan sooty gull Taxa named by Carl Friedrich Bruch Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN