Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls
Grey-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls (Laridae)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Overview
The grey-headed gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus), also known as the grey-hooded gull, is a small species of gull which breeds patchily in South America and Africa south of the Sahara. It is not truly migratory, but is dispersive, becoming more widespread in winter. This species has occurred as a rare vagrant to the United States, Italy, and Spain. As is the case with many gulls, it had traditionally been placed in the genus Larus.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Continents
Countries
- Angola
- Argentina
- Benin
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Chile
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Italy
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Uruguay
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Grey-headed gull
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.