Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls
Brown-hooded Gull
Chroicocephalus maculipennis
- Family
- Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls (Laridae)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Overview
The brown-hooded gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) is a species of gull, found in South America in Argentina, southeastern Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Falkland Islands. Its specific epithet, maculipennis, means 'spotted wings' (macula + penna). Like the other species of the genus Chroicocephalus, it was formerly included in a broad view of the genus Larus.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds inland and coastal southeastern Brazil, central Chile and Argentina southward through Tierra del Fuego, and Falkland Islands; some winter coastally farther north.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Continents
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Brown-hooded 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.
