Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis)
RS, Brazil.
Adults in breeding season show a dark brown hood and throat, with a neat white semicircle behind the eye. The chest and underparts are white, contrasting with the reddish bill and legs. The wing pattern is also visible, with outer primaries tipped in black together with the white spots that give the species its scientific name.
This gull breeds across southern South America (Patagonia, Uruguay and the Falklands) and during winter it can be seen as far north as central Brazil. It inhabits a variety of wetlands, lakes, riverbanks and open fields.
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
Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis)
RS, Brazil.
Adults in breeding season show a dark brown hood and throat, with a neat white semicircle behind the eye. The chest and underparts are white, contrasting with the reddish bill and legs. The wing pattern is also visible, with outer primaries tipped in black together with the white spots that give the species its scientific name.
This gull breeds across southern South America (Patagonia, Uruguay and the Falklands) and during winter it can be seen as far north as central Brazil. It inhabits a variety of wetlands, lakes, riverbanks and open fields.
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