Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis)

Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) - Breeding

Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) - 1st Alternate

Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis)

About Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis)

Kingdom: Animals
Phylum: Chordates
Class: Birds
Order: Shorebirds and Allies
Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

The brown-hooded gull 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'. Like the other species of the genus Chroicocephalus, it was formerly included in a broad view of the genus Larus.

Source: Wikipedia