Brown-hooded Gull (Larus maculipennis)

Other Names (World)
Brown-hooded Gull, Pink-breasted Gull

Family
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)

Size
35 - 38 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lichtenstein, 1823

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Paraguay, Uruguay (B).

Unknown to South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

South-central Chile and Uruguay south to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Is; probably also south-eastern Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul). Winters north to northern Chile and central-eastern Brazil.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 100,000 - 1,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (23)...)

Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) [XC449867]
by Peter Boesman from Quetalmahue, Chilo\u00e9, X Regi\u00f3n, Chile (call)

Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) [XC59983]
by Peter Boesman from Porvenir, Magallanes, XII Region, Chile (song)

Subspecies
Sometimes treated as a subspecies of Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus). Morphometric analysis links it most closely with Brown-headed Gull (Larus brunnicephalus) or Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Brown-hooded Gull (Larus maculipennis) - 10 files

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