Birds of the World - Chroicocephalus


Brown-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus) Range: PAL: inland Tibetan Plateau of Tajikistan, Xinjiang (w China), Ladakh (far nw India) and Tibet Thailand Non-breeding plumage.
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore) © All Rights Reserved.

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Black-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri) Range: AU: mostly on braided rivers, North and South Is. (New Zealand)


Grey-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus) Range: SA, AF: coastal and inland Africa s of the Sahara and Madagascar; coastal Ecuador and Peru; s Uruguay and ne Argentina to Santa Fe (nc Argentina) Paracas, Peru
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei) Range: PAL, AF: patchily on coasts and saline lakes of s Iberian Pen., s Europe, Black and Caspian seas and Turkey to Central Asia, Pakistan and coastal far nw India; Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia Ireland
Photograph by Crotach on Flickr © All Rights Reserved.

A small gull about 10% larger than the Black-headed Gull.


Hartlaub's Gull (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii) Range: AF: coastal c Namibia to W Cape, s Africa South Africa
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.

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Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) Range: SA: inland and coastal se Brazil, c Chile, nc Argentina and Falkland Is. Trelew, Chubut province, Argentina A mainly freshwater gull of southern South America (Athanas).
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) Range: AU: inland s Australia and coastal throughout Australia; coastal New Zealand and outlying is. and New Caledonia
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Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae forsteri) Immature Range: AU: inland s Australia and coastal throughout Australia; coastal New Zealand and outlying is. and New Caledonia Casuarina Coastal Reserve, Darwin, Australia
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Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) Range: NA: boreal forest zone from sw Alaska mainland and nw, sw Canada to e Quebec (se Canada) Florida, USA
Photograph by Danny Bales © All Rights Reserved.

A thin gull which has a black head when breeding, but is rarely seen that way except in the far north. A north American gull that may stray to central America during winter.


Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) Range: PAL: coastal far s Greenland, inland Iceland, temperate and subarctic w Europe across Russia to Yakutsk region, Kamchatka, Sakhalin (e Russia); in south through Caspian Sea, n Central Asia, n, c Mongolia and ne China; also wc Newfoundland (se Canada) Gaddon Loch, Fife, Scotland
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Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) Range: PAL: coastal far s Greenland, inland Iceland, temperate and subarctic w Europe across Russia to Yakutsk region, Kamchatka, Sakhalin (e Russia); in south through Caspian Sea, n Central Asia, n, c Mongolia and ne China; also wc Newfoundland (se Canada) Ebro Delta, Spain
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A small, common gull, often seen in non-breeding plumage away from the beach (rice fields for example).


Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus) Range: SA: Andes of far sw Colombia to sc Chile and sw Argentina Lauca National Park, Chile Breeding colors.
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Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus) Range: SA: Andes of far sw Colombia to sc Chile and sw Argentina Lauca National Park, Chile
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A typical gull except for being the only gull at high altitudes in the Andes.