Brown-hooded Gull - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Fritz73
Perito Moreno National Park, Santa Cruz, Argentina, 2001

Chroicocephalus maculipennis

Larus maculipennis

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
Photo by Rodrigo Reyes
Viña del Mar, Chile, June 2005

Non-breeding adult

• White head
• Dark spots behind the eye

Distribution

Southern South America : found in Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina and the Falkland Islands.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1], which is sometimes placed in genus Larus.

Habitat

Humid forest, coast, rivers, lakes and marshes.

Photo by BirdsPeru
Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 2005

Behaviour

Breeding

They nest in a hollow lined with vegetation. The clutch consists of 2 to 4 eggs.

Diet

The diet includes marine invertebrates and small fish.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset
4. Birds of the Falkland Islands

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Brown-hooded Gull. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown-hooded_Gull

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