Brown-hooded Gull

Chroicocephalus maculipennis (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)

Brown-hooded Gull, Chroicocephalus maculipennis, breeds in inland and coastal South America, including south-eastern Brazil, central Chile, north-central Argentina and the Falkland Islands. It is a gull in the family Laridae, first described by Lichtenstein in 1823. The breeding adult has a dark brown head and throat, with a white arc behind the eye, and white underparts. In winter, most of the hood is lost, leaving only a dark mark around and behind the eye. Young birds are distinct, with mottled wings, a dark tail band and orange-red bill and legs.

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Laridae — Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

Breeding range

South America: inland and coastal se Brazil, c Chile, nc Argentina and Falkland Is.