Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis)

Tavares, RS, Brazil.

 

Adults in winter plumage and juveniles may have white heads.

 

This species is found in South America, breeding from Argentine and Chilean Patagonia, the Falkland Islands and Uruguay. In winter, its range extends up to the coasts of north Chile and central Brazil. Its natural habitats include freshwater lakes, intertidal marshes, river banks, and open fields.

 

Known in Brazil as "gaivota-maria-velha".

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Charadriiformes

Suborder: Lari

Family: Laridae

Subfamily: Larinae

Genus: Chroicocephalus Eyton, 1836

Species: C. maculipennis (Lichtenstein, 1823)

Binomial name: Chroicocephalus maculipennis

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