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Larus maculipennis

Photo by Fritz73
Location: Perito Moreno NP, Santa Cruz, Argentina

[edit] Identification

37cm. Grey upperparts, white underparts, brown hood, white eye crescents, white nape, neck and breast, grey-white wings, deep red bill and legs; non-breeding adult - white head, dark spots behind the eye.

[edit] Distribution

Chile, Brazil and Falkland Islands.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species, which is sometimes placed in genus Chroicocephalus.

[edit] Habitat

Coast, rivers, lakes and marshes.

[edit] Behaviour

They nest in a hollow lined with vegetation; 2 to 4 eggs are laid.

The diet includes marine invertebrates and small fish.

[edit] References

Arthur Grosset; Birds of the Falkland Islands

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