Brown-hooded Gull

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.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Brown-hooded Gull being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Chroicocephalus serranus
• Chroicocephalus ridibundus
• Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
• Saundersilarus saundersi
• Ichthyaetus relictus
• Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Laridae

Genus

Chroicocephalus

Species

Chroicocephalus maculipennis

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