Brown-hooded Gull

Chroicocephalus maculipennis

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.

Scientific name

Chroicocephalus maculipennis

Family

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers