Brown-hooded gull
| Brown-hooded gull | |
|---|---|
| Adult summer plumage, Chile | |
| Adult in winter plumage, Punta Arenas, Chile | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Genus: | Chroicocephalus |
| Species: | C. maculipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chroicocephalus maculipennis (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
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Nonbreeding Year-round
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| Synonyms | |
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Larus maculipennis | |
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.