Grey-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
Praia do Cassino - Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
This is the South American subspecies (C. c. cirrocephalus), in flight, showing the white spots on the two outer primaries. It's a small gull which breeds patchily in South America. It is not truly migratory, but its range becomes more widespread in winter.
In breeding plumage, adults show a distinctive pale grey head, a grey body, and red bill and legs.
They are usually found around lakes, rivers, estuaries, and coastal wetlands.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Suborder: Lari
Family: Laridae
Subfamily: Larinae
Genus: Chroicocephalus Eyton, 1836
Species: C. cirrocephalus (Vieillot, 1818)
Binomial name: Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Grey-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
Praia do Cassino - Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
This is the South American subspecies (C. c. cirrocephalus), in flight, showing the white spots on the two outer primaries. It's a small gull which breeds patchily in South America. It is not truly migratory, but its range becomes more widespread in winter.
In breeding plumage, adults show a distinctive pale grey head, a grey body, and red bill and legs.
They are usually found around lakes, rivers, estuaries, and coastal wetlands.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Suborder: Lari
Family: Laridae
Subfamily: Larinae
Genus: Chroicocephalus Eyton, 1836
Species: C. cirrocephalus (Vieillot, 1818)
Binomial name: Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus