The brown-headed gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus) is a small gull which breeds in the high plateaus of central Asia from Tajikistan to Ordos in Inner Mongolia. It is migratory, wintering on the coasts and large inland lakes of the Indian subcontinent. As is the case with many gulls, was traditionally placed in the genus Larus.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Brown-headed 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 cirrocephalus
- Chroicocephalus maculipennis
- Ichthyaetus relictus
- Chroicocephalus serranus
- Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Chroicocephalus genei
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Chroicocephalus
- Species
- Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
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